Edward Kennard Rand

E. K. Rand FBA
Born	(1871-12-20)December 20, 1871 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	October 28, 1945(1945-10-28) (aged 73) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse	Belle Brent Palmer ​ (m. 1901)​
Awards	Legion of Honour Order of the Crown of Italy
Academic background
Education	Harvard University University of Chicago University of Munich
Thesis	Der dem Boethius zugeschriebene Traktat de fide catholica (1901)
Doctoral advisor	Ludwig Traube
Influences	Santayana Gregory Wölfflin Christ Müller Traube
Academic work
Discipline	Medieval studies
Institutions	Harvard University Dumbarton Oaks University of Chicago University of California, Berkeley Medieval Academy of America Society for Classical Studies Classical Association of New England
Notable works	Founders of the Middle Ages (1928) The Building of Eternal Rome (1943)
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Edward Kennard Rand FBA (December 20, 1871 – October 28, 1945), known widely as E.K. Rand or to his peers as EKR,^[1][2] was an American classical scholar and medievalist. He served as the Pope Professor of Latin at Harvard University from 1901 until 1942, during which period he was also the Sather Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, for two terms. Rand is best known for his 1928 work, Founders of the Middle Ages.^[3][4]

Rand founded the Mediaeval Academy of America, its journal Speculum, and, in addition, served as the president of the American Philological Association (now the Society for Classical Studies) and the Classical Association of New England. At the end of his career, he was a senior fellow at Dumbarton Oaks.