Wagstaff, Henry McGilbert

Henry McGilbert Wagstaff (1876-1945) was an author, editor, and professor of history at the University of North Carolina, 1907-1945. Wagstaff was born in Roxboro, N.C., and educated at the University of North Carolina and John Hopkins University. He specialized in English history but also had a special interest in Southern and North Carolina history and edited a number of the James Sprunt Historial Publications at the University of North Carolina.

His wife was Mary Jefferson Stephens Wagstaff.

From the guide to the Henry McGilbert Wagstaff Papers, ., 1804-1831; 1915-1953, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)