Frank Irving Herriott

Frank Irving Herriott (October 19, 1868 - September 14, 1941) was an academic and educator from the U.S. state of Iowa. The son of John and Nellie M. Herriott, he was born in Scott County, Iowa, October 19, 1868. Educated in the Stuart High School, he received his bachelor's degree from Iowa College (Grinnell) in 1890, his master's degree from that institution in 1893, and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University the same year.

From 1895 to 1898 he was acting professor of political science, Grinnell College; 1897 to 1901 he assisted his father in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury as deputy. In 1903 began his long and fruitful career associated with Drake University, the first sixteen years of which he was professor of economics, political science and sociology, and of the latter two branches until his death. Professor Herriott was active in welfare work, being on the board of the Associated Charities of Des Moines for thirteen years, and associated with the Iowa Children's Home Society. He was likewise engrossed in city and state government, their politics and their problems, both as a student and as a worker. Combined with his training in the historical field. Professor Herriott possessed an abounding enthusiasm for that branch of his studies. His almost life-long interest in Lincolniana made him a recognized authority in that period of history, being especially interested in the problems centering around Lincoln's election and rise to national prominence. Professor Herriott was also keenly interested in the more localized field of state and regional history, and was a frequent contributor of articles bearing upon that field. THE ANNALS OF IOWA as well as to other historical periodicals.

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Contains public domain text from: The Annals of Iowa, Volume 23, Number 2 (Fall 1941)

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