Charles Henry Ambler
Charles Henry Ambler (August 12, 1876 – August 31, 1957) was an American historian, teacher, professor and civil servant. As a historian he was an accomplished writer of
Virginia and
West Virginia history, publishing many works on those subjects. Ambler is noted for his expertise on the
American Civil War in how it brought about the formation of
West Virginia. He was also noted for his approach in applying modern research techniques in the study of West Virginia's history, and was complimented by his contemporaries of belonging to the "modern school of historians". During his career as a historian and professor Ambler had authored and published numerous works on
Colonial Virginia, the states of Virginia and West Virginia before and during the
American Civil War, along with publications about the colonial move westward.
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