Charles Howard McIlwain
Charles Howard McIlwain | |
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Born | Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | March 15, 1871
Died | June 1, 1968 | (aged 97)
Awards | Pulitzer Prize for History (1924) |
Academic background | |
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Discipline | History |
Institutions | |
Notable students | Henry Friendly |
Charles Howard McIlwain (March 15, 1871 – June 1, 1968) was an American historian and political scientist. He won the
Early life and career
McIlwain was born March 15, 1871, in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1894 Princeton University awarded him a bachelor's degree.[1] He then moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he served as a clerk within a law firm while studying the law. In 1897 he was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar[2] in Allegheny County.[1]
Though McIlwain remained interested in law through his life, he quickly abandoned his legal career.
Academic career
In 1905
McIlwain spent the rest of his academic career at Harvard, where he taught courses on the constitutional history of England and the history of political theory. In 1918 he edited a collection of political treatises and speeches of James VI and I, the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland.[2] In 1923 he published The American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation, in which he argued that the American Revolution came about because of a disagreement over the interpretation of the constitution of the United Kingdom.[9] The following year he received the Pulitzer Prize for History for this book.[10] In 1926 he was appointed the Eaton Professor of the Sciences of Government at Harvard.[4] In 1932 he published another book, The Growth of Political Thought in the West. In 1934 he was named a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. He served as President of the American Historical Association 1935–1936. He was also a member of the American Philosophical Society and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.[2]
In 1940 McIlwain published Constitutionalism: Ancient and Modern, in which he identified government power and an independent judiciary and the countervailing forces underlying
Later life and legacy
McIlwain received honorary doctorates from the
Works
- 1910 - The High Court of Parliament and Its Supremacy.[17]
- 1918 - The Political Works of James I (ed.)[18]
- 1924 - The American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation.[19]
- 1932 - The Growth of Political Thought in the West: From the Greeks to the End of the Middle Ages.[20]
- 1936 - The Historian's Part in a Changing World (Presidential address to the American Historical Association)[21]
- 1940 - Constitutionalism Ancient and Modern.[22]
- 1947 - The Historian[23]
References
- ^ ISBN 9783598301773. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g Post, Gaines; Strayer, Joseph R.; Thorne, Samuel E. (July 1969). "Charles Howard McIlwain". Speculum. 44 (3): 528.
- ^ "New history professor appointed". The Harvard Crimson. February 23, 1911. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Faculty Profile: Charles Howard McIlwain". The Harvard Crimson. May 4, 1946. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ Finch, Jeremiah S. (1978). "A Princeton Companion: Preceptorial method". Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ "Charles S. McIlwain '94 accepts assistant professorship at Harvard". The Daily Princetonian. February 25, 1911. p. 1.
- ^ McIlwain, Charles Howard. The High Court of Parliament and Its Supremacy. Yale University Press. p. iii.
- ^ "New book by Prof. McIlwain". Bowdoin Orient. April 8, 1910. p. 133. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ a b Mahoney, Dennis J. (2000). "Encyclopedia of the American Constitution: McIlwain, Charles H. (1871–1968)". Macmillan Reference USA. Retrieved December 22, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Pulitzer Prize Board. "1924 winners". Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ "Eaton Professor McIlwain presented with Oxford visiting professorship". The Harvard Crimson. March 10, 1944. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- Rhodes Scholars. "Eastman Professors at the University of Oxford". Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ University of Chicago. "Honorary degrees 1940–1949". Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ Yale University. "Honorary degrees". Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ Princeton University Library (August 2007). "Charles H. McIlwain papers". Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ Princeton University (July 11, 2011). "Bicentennial preceptorships". Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ The High Court of Parliament and Its Supremacy : Charles Howard McIlwain: Notes from the Editors. Legal Classics Library. 2003.
- ^ Charles Howard McIlwain (1918). The Political Works of James I. Harvard University Press.
- ^ McIlwain, Charles Howard (January 1, 1923). The American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation. Macmillan.
- ^ McIlwain, Charles Howard (January 1, 1968). The growth of political thought in the West: from the Greeks to the end of the Middle Ages. Cooper Square Publishers.
- ^ "C. H. McIlwain". www.historians.org. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-86597-696-2.
- OCLC 752682744.
External links
- Works by or about Charles Howard McIlwain at Internet Archive
- Works by Charles Howard McIlwain at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Full text of The High Court of Parliament and Its Supremacy at the Internet Archive