Historian; University professor, college dean. Born– November 20, 1932, Louisville, Miss. Parents–James Tildon and Lillian Lee Haggard Eaves.  Married–Dorothy Ann Green, June 19, 1959. Children–one. Education– Mississippi State University, B.S., 1953; M.A.; Peabody College, M.A., 1957; University of Alabama, M.A.,  Ph,D., 1970. Taught at Dana Jr. High School in San Diego, 1956-1957; professor and Dean of Men at Clarke College, 1958-1962; professor at Birmingham-Southern College, 1962-1963; Auburn University, 1966-1982; Mississippi College, 1982-98. Member of the American and Southern Historical Associations, Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Renaissance Society of America, and Southeastern Renaissance Conference. Associate of the Danforth Foundation.  Died April 10, 2016.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 1982; obituary

Publication(s):

Henry VII’s Scottish Diplomacy, 1513-1524. New York; Exposition Press, 1971.

Henry VIII and James V’s Regency, 1524-1528. Latham, Md; University Press of America, 1987.