Henry Morse Stephens

Henry Morse Stephens (1902)

Henry Morse Stephens (born October 3, 1857 in Edinburgh , † April 16, 1919 in San Francisco ) was a British - American historian and university professor who was President of the American Historical Association (AHA) between 1915 and 1916 .

Life

Henry Morse Stephens began after the visit of Haileybury and Imperial Service College , a undergraduate degree at Balliol College of Oxford University , which he in 1880 with a Bachelor of Arts finished (BA). A postgraduate studies at Balliol College, he completed in 1892 with a Master of Arts (MA), and was subsequently initially Lecturer at the University of Oxford, and in 1894 a short time lecturer at the University of Cambridge . In 1894 he emigrated to the USA and took over a professorship in history at Cornell University , where he taught until 1902. He became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1900 .

In 1902, Stephens took over a professorship in history at the University of California, Berkeley and taught there until his death. He was involved in the influential Committee of Seven of the American Historical Association (AHA) and as a member of the Committee on History and Statistics of Earthquakes in California , which among other things brought together material on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . In 1915 he dismissed Andrew C. McLaughlin as president of the American Historical Association and held this post until 1916, when George Lincoln Burr succeeded him.

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In addition to his teaching and research activities, Henry Morse Stephens wrote numerous non-fiction books that dealt in particular with the history of Europe , the history of France and, in particular, the French Revolution . His works include:

A history of the French Revolution , 1886 ( Online Version )
The principal speeches of the statesmen and orators of the French Revolution, 1789–1795 , 1892 ( online version )
Europe, 1789 to 1815 , 1893
Syllabus of a course of eighteen lectures on the history of the French Revolution from the meeting of the States-General to the declaration of the republic: (1789–92) , 1895 ( online version )
Revolutionary Europe, 1789–1815 , 1897 ( online version )
Syllabus of a course of eighty-seven lectures on modern European history: (1600–1890) , 1899 ( online version )
Syllabus of a Course of Twelve Lectures on the Enlightened Despotism of the Eighteenth Century in Europe , 1905 ( online version )

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Individual evidence

^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900–1949 on the homepage of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

personal data
SURNAME	Stephens, Henry Morse
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 3, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Edinburgh
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1919
Place of death	San Francisco

[1] Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900–1949 on the homepage of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences