James Wilford Garner
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James Wilford Garner (November 22, 1871, Pike County, Mississippi – December 9, 1938, Urbana, Illinois) was an American political scientist who was professor of political science at the University of Illinois.[1][2][3]
Early life
James Wilford Garner was born in Pike County, Mississippi in 1871 to W. O. and Martha A. Garner.[4]
He graduated from the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1892. He taught in Mississippi high schools from 1892 to 1896.[4] He studied history and political science at the University of Chicago (Ph.M., 1900), after which he taught history at Bradley Polytechnic Institute.[4]
Academic career
He studied at Columbia University (Ph.D., 1902),[2] where he was a member of the Dunning School.[5] His dissertation, Reconstruction in Mississippi, though critical of Reconstruction, was regarded by W. E. B. Du Bois as the fairest of the works of the Dunning School.[6]
He was professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania in 1902–1903. He became professor of political science at the University of Illinois in 1904. He was editor in chief of the American Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1910–1911). He was head of the American Political Science Association in 1924.[4]
He was Hyde lecturer in the French universities (1921) and Tagore lecturer in the University of Calcutta (1922). He lectured for a semester at the Geneva Institute of Higher International Studies.[7] In 1928, he lectured at New York University.[4] In 1929, he lectured at French and English universities as a visiting professor for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.[7]
He was awarded Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.[4]
Personal life
He married Terese Leggett in 1895.[4] They had no children.[4]
Works
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James Wilford Garner
- Reconstruction in Mississippi (1901)[8][9][10]
- The History of the United States, with Henry Cabot Lodge (four volumes, 1906)
- Introduction to Political Science (1910)[11][12]
- Government in the United States, National, State, and Local (1911)
- Essays on Southern History and Politics (1914) (editor)
- Civil Government for Indian Students (1920)
- Idées et Institutions Politiques Américaines (1921)
- International Law and the World War (1920)[13][14]
- Prize Law During the World War (1927)
- Political science and government (1928)[15]
Notes
- ^ Ogg, Frederic A. (1939). "Professor James Wilford Garner". The American Political Science Review. 33 (1): 90–91. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1949771.
- ^ a b Reeves, J. S. (1939). "James Wilford Garner: November 22, 1871–December 9, 1938". American Journal of International Law. 33 (1): 104–104. doi:10.1017/S000293000005925X. ISSN 0002-9300.
- ^ Laun, Rudolf (1939). "James Wilford Garner †". Die Friedens-Warte. 39 (3): 96–98. ISSN 0340-0255.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "DR. J. W. GARNER,67, A TEACHER, WRITER; Head of the Political Science Department at University of Illinois Is Stricken ALSO NOTED AS HISTORIAN Was Authority on International Law--Lectured Abroad and Was Often Honored Law Journal Associate Member of Many Groups". New York Times. 1938.
- ^ Whitley, W. Bland (2013). "James Wilford Garner and the Dream of a Two-Party South". In Foner, Eric (ed.). The Dunning School: Historians, Race, and the Meaning of Reconstruction. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-4225-8.
- ^ Lemann, Nicholas (2007). Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War. Preview in Google Books: Macmillan. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-374-53069-3.
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- ^ a b "Long Era of Peace in Europe Forecast: Dr. J.W. Garner, Carnegie Visiting Professor, Reports General Optimism on Return". New York Times. 1929.
- ^ S., A. W. (1901). "Review of Reconstruction in Mississippi". American Journal of Sociology. 7 (2): 285–286. ISSN 0002-9602.
- ^ Smith, Theodore Clarke (1901). "Reconstruction in Mississippi, by James Wilford Garner". Political Science Quarterly. 16 (4): 719–721. doi:10.2307/2140425. ISSN 0032-3195.
- ^ Breckinridge, S. P. (1901). "Reconstruction in Mississippi . James Wilford Garner". Journal of Political Economy. 10 (1): 136–137. doi:10.1086/250814. ISSN 0022-3808.
- ^ Willis, H. Parker (1911). "Introduction to Political Science: A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, Functions and Organization of the State. By James Wilford Garner. New York City: American Book Company. 1910. pp. 616". American Journal of International Law. 5 (1): 272–275. doi:10.2307/2186791. ISSN 0002-9300.
- ^ Sait, E. M. (1911). "Introduction to Political Science, by James Wilford Garner". Political Science Quarterly.
- ^ Hall, Arnold Bennett (1921). "Review of International Law and the World War". American Journal of Sociology. 27 (3): 401–404. ISSN 0002-9602.
- ^ "Review of 'International Law and the World War'". American Historical Review. 1921. doi:10.1086/ahr/26.3.526.
- ^ Gardner, C. O. (1928). "Political Science and Government. By James Wilford Garner. (New York: American Book Company. 1928. Pp. x, 821.)". American Political Science Review. 22 (4): 1015–1016. doi:10.2307/1945378. ISSN 0003-0554.
Further reading
- Sansing, David G. (1981). "Garner, James Wilford: 1871–1938". In James B. Lloyd (ed.). Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817–1967. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. pp. 190–192. ISBN 978-0-87805-139-7.
External links
- Works by James Wilford Garner at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about James Wilford Garner at the Internet Archive
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