- Alexander Johnston
Alexander Johnston (
April 29 1849 -July 21 1889 ) was an Americanhistorian .He was born in
Brooklyn, New York . He studied at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, graduated fromRutgers College in 1870, and was admitted to the bar in 1875 inNew Brunswick, New Jersey , where he taught in the Rutgers Collegegrammar school from 1876 to 1879.He was principal of the Latin school of
Norwalk, Connecticut , in 1879-1883, and was professor of jurisprudence andpolitical economy in theCollege of New Jersey (Princeton University ) from 1884 until his death inPrinceton, New Jersey in 1889.His works include:
* "A History of American Politics" (1881)
* "The Genesis of a New England State Connecticut" (1883), inJohns Hopkins University Studies
* "A History of the United States for Schools" (1886)
* "Connecticut" (1887) in theAmerican Commonwealths Series
* the article on thehistory of the United States for the 9th edition of the "Encyclopædia Britannica ", reprinted as "The United States: Its History and Constitution" (1887)
* a chapter on the history of American political parties in the seventh volume ofWinsor 's "Narrative and Critical History of America"
* many articles on the history of American politics inLalor 's "Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and Political History of the United States" (1881-1884).These last articles, which like his other writings represent much original research and are excellent examples of Johnston's rare talent for terse narrative and keen analysis and interpretation of facts, were republished in two volumes entitled "American Political History 1763-1876" (1905-1906), edited by Professor
J. A. Woodburn .References
*1911
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