James Wilford Garner

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James Wilford Garner, 1871-1938

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

Bradley Polytechnic Institute.[4]

Academic career

He studied at

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 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

Wikisource has original works by or about:
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

  1. JSTOR 1949771
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  2. ^
    ISSN 0002-9300
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  3. ISSN 0340-0255
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  4. ^ 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.
  5. ISBN 978-0-8131-4225-8
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  6. ISBN 978-0-374-53069-3. {{cite book}}: External link in |location= (help)CS1 maint: location (link
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  7. ^ 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.
  8. ISSN 0002-9602
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  9. ISSN 0032-3195
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  10. ISSN 0022-3808
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  11. ISSN 0002-9300
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  12. ^ Sait, E. M. (1911). "Introduction to Political Science, by James Wilford Garner". Political Science Quarterly.
  13. ISSN 0002-9602
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  14. doi:10.1086/ahr/26.3.526
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  15. ISSN 0003-0554
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