Samuel Flagg Bemis

Samuel Flagg Bemis was an American historian and biographer. He earned a bachelor's and master's degree at Clark University, and a second master's and a doctorate at Harvard University. He taught at several post-secondary institutions, including Colorado College, Whitman College, George Washington University, and Yale University, where he was Sterling Professor of Diplomatic History and Inter-American Relations. He was also president of the American Historical Association and a specialist in American diplomatic history.