Carlton Hayes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes, Ph.D. (1882-1964) was an American educator and historian, born at Afton, New York.

He graduated from Columbia in 1904, indulged in postgraduate studies, became lecturer in history (1907), assistant professor (1910), associate professor (1915), and full professor (1919). During World War I he served as captain of the United States Military Intelligence Division of the General Staff in 1918-1919.

From 1942 to 1944 he was US ambassador to Spain; he had been strongly pro-Francisco Franco's nationalists during the Spanish Civil War; many felt he became too close to the regime for comfort.

He died of a heart ailment, at Sidney Hospital, Afton, New York on September 3, 1964, aged 82. Burial location/family details unknown.

He was the coauthor of The League of Nations, Principle and Practice (1919). He was the author of:

• Sources Relating to Germanic Invasions (1909)
• British Social Politics (1913)
• A Political and Social History of Modern Europe (1916)
• Brief History of the Great War (1920)
• "Essays on Nationalism" (1926)