Philip van Ness Myers
Philip van Ness Myers (August 10, 1846 − September 17, 1937) was an American historian who was Professor of Economics and History at the University of Cincinnati and an author of several notable works on history.
Biography
Philip van Ness Myers was born in Tribes Hill, New York on August 10, 1846. He attended Gilmore Academy at Ballston Spa, New York, and graduated from Williams College in 1871. From 1873 and 1874 Myers studied law at Yale University and took graduate a graduate course in economics.
In 1872, Myers joined a scientific mission to Europe,
In 1879, Myers went to Cincinnati to become President of Farmer's College on College Hill, a famous Ohio educational institution whose graduates included John Morgan Walden, Murat Halstead and Benjamin Harrison.
Myers led Farmer's College until 1890, when he was appointed Professor of Economics and History at the
For the next ten years, Myers remained at the University of Cincinnati, serving as dean of the academic faculty for three years. In the meantime he published his works Eastern Nations and Greece (1890), History of Rome (1890), History of Greece (1897), and Rome, Its Rise and Fall (1900). Since his retirement, Myers published his works The Middle Age, The Modern Age, and History as Past Ethics.
A vigorous critic of the German occupation of Belgium during World War I, Myers was awarded the King Albert Medal by Albert I of Belgium when the latter visited the United States in 1919.
Myers was a member of the American Historical Association for more than 30 years, and was the recipient of honorary academic degrees from Yale University, the University of Cincinnati and Belmont College.
Myers died in Cincinnati on 17 September 1937. Upon his death, the Cincinnati Enquirer noted that "his historical narratives have been studied by probably more high school and college students than similar works of any one man." Myers was survived by his wife Ida Cornelia Miller, whom he had married on July 20, 1876.
References
- ^ Rev. Calvin Durfee: Williams Obituary Report. 1865–1875, Robinson, 1875, Obituary Report 1873, p. 59, Henry Morris Myers at Google Books.
- ^ P.V.N. Myers' Eastwood Addition on woodlandparkcolumbus.com.
- ^ Lucy Ann (Morris) Carhart, Charles Alexander Nelson: Genealogy of the Morris family. Barnes, 1911, p. 458.
External links
- "Historian Taken By Death". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 21, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved August 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- Philip van Ness Myers at Find a Grave
- Philip van Ness Myers at Biblio.com
- Philip van Ness Myers at the Online Books Page