Anson Ely Morse

Anson Ely Morse (also Anson E. Morse , born July 31, 1879 in Lyme , New London County , Connecticut , † May 3, 1966 in Princeton , Mercer County , New Jersey ) was an American historian .

Life

Family and education

Anson Ely Morse, son of Anson Daniel Morse and Margaret Duncan Ely Morse, devoted himself after his compulsory education to the study of historical science at Amherst College , 1902 he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts , in the following year those of a Master of Arts . In 1908 he was at Princeton University for Ph. D. doctorate . Postgraduate studies took him from 1903 to 1905 to the University of Wisconsin – Madison in Madison , from 1905 to 1906 to the Sorbonne in Paris and from 1915 to 1916 to Harvard University in Cambridge .

Anson Ely Morse, a member of the Congregational Church and staunch Republican supporter , married Ruth E. Tucker on June 21, 1905. This marriage resulted in the children Richard Ely, George Edward and Carolyn Tucker. He died in Princeton in early May 1966 at the age of 86.

Professional background

Anson Ely Morse was employed as an instructor in history at Marietta College in 1908, and in 1914 he switched to the position of lecturer in history at Amherst College. In 1915 Morse accepted a position as Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University. In 1924 he moved one in the function Professor of History at the Temple University of Philadelphia , in 1952 he became professor emeritus . Anson Ely Morse also served from 1918 to 1919 as a member of the YMCA aid organization in the Italian army .

Anson Ely Morse, a recognized expert in American history , has been elected a member of the American Historical Association and the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

Publications

• author
• The Federalist party in Massachusetts to the year 1800. in: Library of American civilization, LAC 15269., University Library, Princeton, NJ, 1909
• A joint finding list of foreign newspapers. University Library, Princeton, NJ, 1918
• editor
• Writings on American history, 1902; an attempt at an exhaustive bibliography of books and articles on United States history published during the year 1902 and some memoranda on other portions of America. Library Book Store, Princeton, NJ, 1904
• Introduction to colloquy on the necessity of clergy in government. New York, 1917
• Civilization and the world war, by AD Morse. New York Ginn and Co., Boston, Mass., 1919

literature

• Robert Stillman Fletcher, Malcolm Oakman Young, William Jesse Newlin: Biographical record of the graduates and non-graduates, centennial edition, 1821-1921. The Trustees of Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., 1939, p. 425.
• Who's Who in America: a biographical dictionary of notable living men and women. : volume 28 (1954-1955), Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1955, p. 1920.
• Delta Kappa Epsilon: The Deke Quarterly, Volume 86, Issue 4. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Fulton, Mon., p. 155.
• Raymond Gordon Hawes: The Edward Hawes heirs: Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber, and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Published for RG Hawes by Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD., 1996 p. 288.