Howard Lee McBain

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Howard Lee McBain (* 1880 in Toronto , Ontario ; † 1936 ) was an American political scientist .

McBain went to college in Richmond after primary school , graduated there and earned a doctorate from Columbia University in 1907 .

After teaching at George Washington University and Columbia University, he became professor of constitutional law there in 1917. In 1929 he was finally appointed Dean of Columbia . His most notable achievement was in 1933 when he revised Cuban suffrage .

Publications

  • 1916 The Law and the Practice of Municipal Home Rule
  • 1917 American City Progress and the Law
  • 1922 The New Constitutions of Europe , co-author: Lindsay Rogers
  • 1927 The Living Constitution
personal data
SURNAME McBain, Howard Lee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto
DATE OF DEATH 1936