James Schouler
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| Born | March 20, 1839 West Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Died | April 16, 1920 (aged 81) Intervale, New Hampshire |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, historian |
| Notable work | History of the United States under the Constitution, 1789–1865 |
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James Schouler (March 20, 1839 – April 16, 1920) was an American lawyer and historian best known for his historical work History of the United States under the Constitution, 1789–1865.[1]
Biography
Schouler was born in
After his return to Boston in 1874, he devoted himself to office practice and to literary pursuits. He was a lecturer at
Schouler is best known, however, as an historian. In 1896–1897 he was president of the American Historical Association.[4] He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1907.[5]
He died in Intervale, New Hampshire on April 16, 1920.[6]
Works
His most important work is History of the United States under the Constitution, 1789–1865 (7 vols, 1880–1917) whose components include:
- v. 1. 1783–1801. Rule of Federalism.
- v. 2. 1801–1817. Jefferson Republicans.
- v. 3. 1817–1831. Era of good feeling.
- v. 4. 1831–1847. Democrats and Whigs.
- v. 5. 1847–1861. Free soil controversy.
- v. 6. 1861–1865. The civil war.
- v. 7. 1865–1877. History of the Reconstruction Period.
Among his other publications are:
- A Life of Thomas Jefferson (1893)
- Historical Briefs (1896)
- Constitutional Studies, State and Federal (1897)
- Life of Alexander Hamilton (1901)
- Americans of 1776 (1906)
- Ideals of the Republic (1908)
His legal treatises are:
- The Law of Domestic Relations (1870)
- The Law of Personal Property (1872–1876; new ed., 1907)
- The Law of Bailments (1880)
- The Law of Executors and Administrators (1883)
- The Law of Husband and Wife (1882)
- The Law of Wills (1910)[4]
Notes
- ISSN 0161-391X.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 377.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 377–378.
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 378.
- ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
- ^ "Dr. James Schouler Dead". The Baltimore Sun. April 18, 1920. p. 32. Retrieved January 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Schouler, James". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 377–378.
- Marquis, Albert Nelson; Leonard, John William (1906). Who's who in America, Volume 4. United States: A.N. Marquis & Company. p. 1575.
External links
- . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.
- . Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.
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