William Robert Shepherd (12 June 1871 in Charleston, South Carolina – 7 June 1934 in Berlin, Germany) was a U.S. cartographer and historian specializing in American and Latin American history.

In 1896, Shepherd made his PhD at Columbia University. He then studied in Berlin and finally became professor of history at Columbia University. He is best known for his Historical Atlas, published in several editions during the early twentieth century.

Contents 1 Works 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Works

• Historical Atlas. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1911.
• The Hispanic Nations of the New World: Our Southern Neighbors. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1919.
• Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1921.
• Historical Atlas. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1923.
• Latin America. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1923.
• Historical Atlas. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1926.

[edit] See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: William R. Shepherd

• Category:Historical maps by William R. Shepherd

[edit] References

• Encyclopedia Britannica article

[edit] External links

• Works by William Robert Shepherd at Project Gutenberg

Persondata
NAME	Shepherd, William Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	U.S. historian specializing in Latin America
DATE OF BIRTH	June 12, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH	Charleston, South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	June 7, 1934
PLACE OF DEATH	Berlin, Germany

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