Alfred F. Havighurst

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Alfred Freeman Havighurst (born September 30, 1904 in Mount Pleasant , Iowa , United States , † February 15, 1991 in Leeds , Massachusetts ) was an American historian and university professor .

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Alfred F. Havighurst was the son of Freeman Alfred Havighurst (1869–1961) and Winifred Aurelia Havighurst nee. Weter (1874-1966). He obtained a degree in 1925 Bachelor (BA) at the Ohio Wesleyan University and received in 1928 a Master Accounts (MA) of the University of Chicago . From 1928 to 1929 he taught at Pacific University in Oregon . In 1931 he became a professor of history at Amherst College and received a Ph.D. in 1936. at Harvard University . In 1970 he retired .

He was a member of the American Historical Association , the British Records Association and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society .

Amherst College has awarded the Alfred F. Havighurst Prize in History every year since 1970.

Alfred F. Havighurst had three brothers and a sister. Robert James Havighurst (1900–1991) was an educationalist and sociologist; Walter Edwin Havighurst (1901–1994) was a writer and historian.

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Alfred F. Havighurst has authored several books as well as specialist articles and reviews. In 1958 he re- edited the work on the Pirenne thesis , written by Henri Pirenne from 1923 , and supplemented it with critical analyzes. His work The twentieth century , first published in 1962, has been published several times.

In 1988 the Alfred Havighurst Papers 1928–1988 archive collection was published in his honor by Pacific University .

  • The relations between the crown and the judiciary in England. Master thesis. University of Chicago 1928, OCLC 47085212 .
  • with Laurence Bradford Packard: History and the social sciences. 1947, OCLC 21793986 .
  • The judiciary and politics in the reign of Charles II. Stevens and Sons, London 1950, OCLC 13162042 .
  • James II and the twelve men in scarlet. In: The Law quarterly review. October 1953, pp. 522-546. Stevens and Sons, London 1954, OCLC 27109985 .
  • The twentieth century. Harper and Row, New York 1962, OCLC 641095568 . 2nd edition 1966.
  • (Ed.): Henri Pirenne: The Pirenne thesis. Analysis, criticism, and revision. Heath, Boston 1958, OCLC 561171365 .
  • Radical journalist: HW Massingham (1860-1924). Cambridge University Press, London 1974, ISBN 0-521-20355-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  • Britain in transition. The twentieth century. New edition of The twentieth century. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1979. 4th edition 1985, ISBN 0-226-31971-7 ( abstract ).
  • Modern England, 1901-1970. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1976, ISBN 0-521-20941-2 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Freeman Alfred Havighurst on prabook.com, accessed August 28, 2018
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1951. Volume I, p. 119 ( online  - Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Entry in List of Fellows of the Royal Historical Society. Volume 31, December 1981, pp. 244-287.
  4. ↑ History Prizes on amherst.edu, accessed August 28, 2018
  5. ↑ Phillip R. Shriver: Who is Walter E. Havighurst? on miamioh.edu, accessed August 28, 2018
  6. ^ Alfred Havighurst Papers on pacificu.libraryhost.com, accessed August 28, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Havighurst, Alfred F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Havighurst, Alfred Freeman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Pleasant , Iowa , United States
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1991
Place of death Leeds , Massachusetts , United States