Iris Engstrand

Iris Higbie Wilson Engstrand (born January 9, 1935) is a retired American academic.

[1] She specialized in the history of California and Spanish exploration during the 1700s,[2] and as of 2017 had written about twenty books on those subjects.

[2] Her dissertation topic was "Scientific Aspects of Spanish Exploration in New Spain during the Late Eighteenth Century," and was supervised by Donald C.

[4] She began her teaching career in the Huntington Beach High School from 1957 to 1959, and then worked as a translator of Spanish manuscripts for the Los Angeles County Museum, 1959-60.

[5] She became a lecturer at the University of Southern California in 1962, and an instructor at Long Beach City College in 1962.