AKA John Franklin Jameson

Born: 19-Sep-1859
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Died: 28-Sep-1937
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Historian

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Dictionary of United States History

Chief of manuscript divison, Library of Congress (1928-37).

    University: BA, Amherst College (1879)
    University: PhD, Johns Hopkins University (1882)
    Professor: Johns Hopkins University (1882-88)
    Professor: Brown University (1888-1901)
    Professor: University of Chicago (1901-05)

    American Historical Review Managing Editor (1895-1901 and 1905-28)
    Carnegie Institution for Science Director of Historical Research (1905-28)
    American Historical Association Co-Founder (1884)

Author of books:
A History of Historical Writing in America (1891)
Dictionary of United States History (1894)
The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement (1926)

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