Wilfred Harold Munro

Born in Bristol, Rhode Island, on August 20, 1849, Wilfred Harold Munro was an American historian who studied at Brown University, earning an A.B. in 1870 and an A.M. in 1873. He went on to build his career at Brown, where he became known as a professor of European history.

Munro is remembered less as a popular literary figure than as a steady academic writer and editor. He contributed to historical scholarship through teaching, reference work, and editions connected with European history, including material associated with studies of Philip II of Spain.

He died on August 9, 1934. Although detailed biographical information appears limited in easily available sources, the record that survives presents him as a dedicated university historian whose career was closely tied to Brown and to the teaching of European history in the United States.