Isaac Joslin Cox

{{Short description|American professor of history}}

Isaac Joslin Cox, Ph.D. (November 19, 1873[https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/520/mode/2up COX, Isaac Joslin], in Who's Who in America (14th edition, 1926); p. 520–1956) was an American professor of history.{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=Isaac+Joslin+Cox&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C44&as_sdtp= |title=Isaac Joslin Cox |accessdate=August 11, 2017}}

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He was born at West Creek, Ocean Co., N. J. He graduated from Dartmouth College and for several years did research in Mexico. He then pursued postgraduate studies at the universities of Texas, Chicago, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

Between 1896 and 1906, Cox was employed at the San Antonio Academy as instructor and vice-principal, and instructor in history at the University of Cincinnati, where he was afterward assistant professor. In 1911-12, he delivered the Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History at Johns Hopkins University, and in 1919 became professor of history at Northwestern University. He was president of the Ohio Valley Historical Association.