Leon Hardy Canfield

Leon Hardy Canfield (also Leon H. Canfield , born October 3, 1886 in Binghamton , Broome County , New York , United States , † June 15, 1980 in Honolulu , Hawaii , United States) was an American historian and educator .

Life

Family and education

Born in the city ​​of Binghamton in the US state of New York, Leon Hardy Canfield, son of Andrew Canfield and the Phebe Canfield, née Hardy, turned after high school to study history at Syracuse University , in 1908 he graduated with a bachelor's degree of Arts . 1913 took place at Columbia University his doctorate to Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) .

Leon Hardy Canfield married Luella Kinyon on August 31, 1908. The relationship came from the children Leon and Edith, married Gaylord. After the death of his first wife, he married Estelle R. Hess on December 17, 1955. He died in June 1980 at the age of 93.

Professional background

Leon Hardy Canfield was employed as an instructor in history from 1909, later as professor of American history at the City College of New York , he resigned in 1942. From 1917 to 1942 Canfield served as the Supervisor of History at Townsend Harris High School. After leaving the City College of New York, he worked from 1943 to 1946 as Head of the Upper School and Master of History and Social Studies at the Brunswick School in Greenwich , Connecticut . In 1947 Canfield was appointed head of the Social Science Department at Fairleigh Dickinson College , in 1950 he was appointed professor and in 1956 he was retired .

The concerning particular by treatises history of North America produced came Leonhardy Canfield was a member of the American Historical Association . In 1956, Fairleigh Dickinson University awarded him a Doctor of Laws degree.

Publications

• The early persecutions of the Christians. Ph.D Columbia University 1913, New York, 1913
• The United States in the making. in: Harvard social studies textbooks preservation microfilm project, 03050. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1948
• together with Sidney J. Kronish: Contemporary society; a syllabus in twentieth century world history. Fairleigh Dickinson College Press, Rutherford, NJ, 1950
• The presidency of Woodrow Wilson  : prelude to a world in crisis. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Rutherford, NJ, 1966
• together with Howard Baker Wilder: The making of modern America. in: Houghton Mifflin social studies program., History. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1968

literature

• Robert Cecil Cook: Who's who in American Education: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Educators of the United States. : Volume 17. Who's Who in American Education, Nashville, Tenn., 1956, p. 451.
• Who's Who in America: a biographical dictionary of notable living men and women. : Volume 33 (1964-1965), Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1964, p. 318.
• Syracuse Herald Journal. Herald Co., Syracuse, NY, Jun. 26, 1980, p. 66.
• Who Was Who in America. : Volume VII, 1977–1981 with world notables . Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1981, p. 96.

Web links

• Leonhardy Canfield in the database of Find a Grave (English)