title: Warren Ault
text: # Warren Ault
  
  Warren Ortman Ault (January 8, 1887 – May 14, 1989) was an American historian, who taught at Boston University from 1913 to 1957.
  
  ## Life
  
  Ault graduated from Baker University in 1907, before studying at Jesus College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. While a student at Baker, he was a member of the local Zeta Chi fraternity. He then obtained a doctorate from Yale University in 1919, having served as a second lieutenant in the artillery in the First World War. He taught history at Boston University from 1913 to 1957, becoming William Edwards Huntington professor. He became an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1971. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1941.
  
  