Frederic Austin Ogg
Frederic Austin Ogg (February 8, 1878 – October 23, 1951) was a United States political scientist.[1]
Biography[]
Ogg was born at Solsberry, Indiana, in 1878. He graduated from DePauw University (Ph.B., 1899) and took post graduate courses at Indiana (A.M., 1900) and Harvard (A.M. in history, 1904, and Ph.D. in history, 1908) universities.[2][1] After several years spent in teaching in high schools and colleges, he became associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin in 1914, and full professor in 1917.[2] He was a member of many economic and historical societies.[2]
He and Emma Virginia Perry were married in 1903.[1]
Works[]
His literary work gave him a national reputation.[1] He wrote for popular magazines, 17 books and was an editor of the American Political Science Review.[1][2] Among his works were:[2]
- Saxon and Slav (1903)
- A Source Book of Mediæval History (1908)
- Life of Daniel Webster (1914)
- “National Progress 1907–1917” (The American Nation, Vol. 27, 1917)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Alan P. Grimes (1977). "Ogg, Frederic Austin". Dictionary of American Biography. Supplement Five. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e . Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.
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