Ruth Messenger

{{Short description|American historian (1884–1964)}}

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| birth_name = Ruth Ellis Messenger

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1884|2|29}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|3|4|1884|2|29}}

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| nationality = American

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| alma_mater = Normal College of the City of New York (A.B.)
University of Illinois (A.M.)
Columbia University (Ph.D)

| occupation = Historian

| awards = Phi Beta Kappa Society

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Ruth Messenger (February 29, 1884 – March 3, 1964) was an American historian of medieval hymns.