Editing Charles Hapgood (section)

==Biography==
Hapgood was the son of [[Hutchins Hapgood]] and [[Neith Boyce]]. Hapgood received a [[master's degree]] from [[Harvard University]] in 1929 in medieval and modern [[History]].  His Ph.D. work on the [[French Revolution]] was interrupted by the [[Great Depression]].  He taught for a year in [[Vermont]] and directed a community center in [[Provincetown]], also serving as the executive secretary of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]]'s Crafts Commission.

During [[World War II]], Hapgood was employed by the Office of the Coordinator of Information (COI, which became the [[Office of Strategic Services]] in 1942) and the [[Red Cross]], and also served as a liaison officer between the [[White House]] and the Office of the Secretary of the War. After the war, Hapgood taught at [[Keystone College]] (1945–1947), [[Springfield College]] (1947–1952), [[Keene State College]] (1956–1966) and [[New England College]] (1966–1967), lecturing in world and American history, anthropology, economics, and the history of science.

Hapgood married Tamsin Hughes in 1941 and divorced in 1955. He was struck by a motorist in [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]], and died on December 21, 1982.<ref name="Yale" />