Paul Herman Buck (August 25, 1899 – December 23, 1978) was an American historian.

[1] He won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1938 and became the first Provost of Harvard University in 1945.

He received a Bachelor's degree (1921) and an MA (1922) from Ohio State University.

After studying for one year in Britain and France under a Sheldon traveling fellowship, he joined Harvard as an instructor in history in 1926.

[4] He also published The Role of Education in American History in 1957, and Libraries & Universities: Addresses and Reports in 1964.