Frederic Austin Ogg (February 8, 1878 – October 23, 1951) was an American political scientist. [1]
Biography
Ogg was born at Solsberry, Indiana, in 1878. He graduated from DePauw University ( Ph.B., 1899) and took post graduate courses at Indiana ( A.M., 1900) and Harvard (A.M. in history, 1904, and Ph.D. in history, 1908) universities. [2] [1] After several years spent in teaching in high schools and colleges, he became associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin in 1914, and full professor in 1917. [2] He was chair of the department of Political Science from 1925 to 1939. [3]
He was a member of many economic and historical societies. [2] He was editor of the American Political Science Review from 1926 to 1949. [3] He was president of the American Political Science Association from 1940 to 1941. [3]
He and Emma Virginia Perry were married in 1903. [1]
Works
His literary work gave him a national reputation. [1] He wrote for popular magazines and authored 17 books. [1] [2] Among his works were: [2]
- Saxon and Slav (1903)
- The Opening of the Mississippi (1904). Macmillan. [4]
- A Source Book of Mediæval History (1908)
- Social Progress in Contemporary Europe (1912). Macmillan. [5]
- The Governments of Europe (1913). Macmillan. [6]
- Life of Daniel Webster (1914)
- “National Progress 1907–1917” (The American Nation, Vol. 27, 1917)
References
- ^ a b c d e Alan P. Grimes (1977). "Ogg, Frederic Austin". Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. Supplement Five. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ^ a b c d e . Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.
- ^ a b c "More than just a dorm: Frederic A. Ogg | College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison". ls.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ Shepherd, William (1904). "The Opening of the Mississippi. A Struggle for Supremacy in the American Interior. By Frederic Austin Ogg. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1904. — 670 pp". Political Science Quarterly.
- ^ Becker, Carl (1913). "Review of Social Progress in Contemporary Europe". American Journal of Sociology. 18 (6): 835–836. ISSN 0002-9602.
- ^ Dawson, Edgar (1913). "The Governments of Europe. By Frederic Austin Ogg. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913. Pp. xiv, 668.)". American Political Science Review. 7 (3): 505–506. doi: 10.2307/1944988. ISSN 1537-5943.
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