Born: 20-Jun-1889
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Died: 12-May-1984
Location of death: Rochester, NY [1]
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Historian

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Monroe Doctrine

Military service: US Army (86th Division, 1918-19)

Father: Herbert William Perkins
Mother: Cora Farmer
Wife: Wilma Lord
Son: Bradford Perkins (historian, b. 6-Mar-1925, d. 29-Jun-2008)

    High School: Boston Latin School, Boston, MA
    High School: Sanford School, Redding Ridge, CT
    University: AB, Harvard University (1909)
    University: PhD, Harvard University (1914)
    Professor: University of Rochester (1916-53)
    Professor: American Civilization, Cornell University (1954-59)

    American Historical Association President
    Phi Beta Kappa Society

Author of books:
The Monroe Doctrine, 1823-1826 (1927, international affairs)
The Monroe Doctrine, 1826-1867 (1933, international affairs)
The Monroe Doctrine, 1867-1907 (1937, international affairs)
Hands Off: A History of the Monroe Doctrine (1941, history)
America and Two Wars (1944, history)
The United States and the Caribbean (1947, international affairs)
The Evolution of American Foreign Policy (1948, international affairs)
The American Approach to Foreign Policy (1952, international affairs)
Charles Evans Hughes and American Democratic Statesmanship (1956, biography)
The New Age of Franklin Roosevelt, 1932-1945 (1957, history)
The American Way (1957, social studies)
America's Quest for Peace (1962, international affairs)
Yield of the Years: An Autobiography (1969, memoir)

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