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Wallace Notestein
1878–1969
A leading American historian of early modern England, he spent decades shaping how readers understand the English Civil War and seventeenth-century politics. He also taught at Yale, where his scholarship and classroom work left a lasting mark on the study of British history.
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A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718
by Wallace Notestein
About the author
Born in 1878 and dying in 1969, Wallace Notestein was an American historian best known for his work on English history, especially the political and religious struggles of the seventeenth century. He built a reputation as a careful scholar of the English Civil War era and became one of the major American interpreters of that period.
Notestein taught at Yale University, where he served as Sterling Professor of English History from 1928 to 1947. His books and essays helped introduce generations of students and general readers to the personalities, institutions, and conflicts that shaped early modern England.
He was also married to Ada Comstock, a prominent educator and advocate for women’s higher education. Together, they were part of an influential academic world in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century.