John Burgess (political scientist)
- John Burgess (political scientist)
"For other persons named John Burgess, see John Burgess (disambiguation)."
John William Burgess (1844–1931) was a pioneering American political scientist.
Burgess was born in Tennessee and fought for the Union in the American Civil War. He studied history at Amherst College, graduating in 1867, then at the universities of Göttingen, Leipzig, and Berlin for a number of years, where he studied under disciples of Hegel. He was much influenced by the training in research methods characteristic of German universities of the time. He sought to import these methods of research and scholarship, first to Amherst (unsuccessfully) and later to Columbia. He maintained a lifelong interest in German-American relations.
In 1876, Burgess was appointed to a professorship in the Law School of what later became Columbia University, a post he held until his 1912 retirement. While at Columbia, Burgess taught constitutional law but more importantly, was instrumental in founding the discipline of political science in the USA. In 1886, he founded the "Political Science Quarterly". He was instrumental in establishing the Faculty of Political Science, the first major institutionalized program in the United States granting the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, and was a member of the Dunning School of Reconstruction. These endeavors have led to his being widely regarded as one of the founders of modern political science.
Books by Burgess
*1890. "Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law"
*1897. "The Middle Period, 1817-1858"
*1901. "The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865"
*1902. "Reconstruction and the Constitution 1866-1876" [cite book
title=Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1866-1876
author=John William Burgess
year=1905
publisher=
isbn=
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=O1Ecg8TpGD0C&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=%22reconstruction+and+the+constitution+1866+1876%22&source=web&ots=eui9RmytIK&sig=rFYE5wu3388gbl9JpNLxfKzKhUM#PPP6,M1]
*1915. "The Reconciliation of Government with Liberty" [cite book
title=The Reconciliation of Government with Liberty
author=John William Burgess
year=1915
publisher=C. Scribner's sons
isbn=
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9MARAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22reconciliation+of+government+with+liberty%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=xbihmS3Op-&sig=sveJWuDhupSmBLk9hGSMjr1AZt4]
*1924. "Recent Changes in American Constitutional Theory"
References
External links
*Remarkable Columbians: [http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/john_burgess.html John W. Burgess.]
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