Saye, Albert Berry

"Albert B. Saye, professor of political science at the University of Georgia (UGA), was one of the most well-known scholars of Georgia history and politics. He was the author of twelve books, six of which focused on Georgia history. New Viewpoints in Georgia History (1943), arguably his most famous book, was one of the first scholarly works to refute the assumption that the colony of Georgia was established by debtors. His book Principles of American Government (1950) sold more than 200,000 copies, and his Handbook on the Constitutions of the United States and Georgia (1946) was revised eleven times." - "Albert B. Saye." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved September 3, 2008)

From the description of Saye, Albert Berrry The constitutional history of Georgia, [and], Saye, Albert Berry and Charles Joseph Hilkey The constitutional law of Georgia : cases and comments, before 1952. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 311156789

From the description of Albert Berry Saye papers, 1946-1972. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 477325774

Albert B. Saye, professor of political science at the University of Georgia (UGA), was one of the most well-known scholars of Georgia history and politics. He was the author of twelve books, six of which focused on Georgia history. New Viewpoints in Georgia History (1943), arguably his most famous book, was one of the first scholarly works to refute the assumption thta the colony of Georgia was established by debtors. His book Principles of American Government (1950) sold more than 200,000 copies, and his Handbook on the Constitutions of the United States and Georgia (1946) was revised eleven times. Albert Berry Saye was born on Novemeber 29, 1912, in Rutledge, in Morgan County, to Sue and William Saye. He attended Emory University from 1930 to 1932 and transferred in 1933 to UGA, where he earned his bachelor's degree in history in 1934 and his master's degree in 1935. During this period, he developed a close friendship with UGA professor E. Merton Coulter and with Kenneth Coleman, who would later become a colleague and a prominent historian of Georgia. He married Ruth Kendrick in 1939. After graduating, Saye spent a year studying at the University of Dijon in France. While there, he began work on a doctorate that he would complete at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1941. His dissertation was based on the original charter of Georgia, which he discovered while doing research in London, England. Saye taught at UGA as an instructor from 1934 to 1936 and as a professor from 1939 until his death in 1989. Although he began as an assistant professor of history, most of his career was spent in political science. In 1957 he was named a professor of law and a distinguished professor of political science, and from 1975 until his retirement in 1979 he held a Richard B. Russell Professorship. He was also a Fulbright scholar in India in 1982. Albert B. Saye (1912-1989) - New Georgia Encyclopedia http://www.georgiaencyclpedia.org (Retrieved March 17, 2009)

From the description of Albert B. Saye correspondence, 1941-1983. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 335387474

Albert B. Saye, of the University of Georgia, Richard B. Russell Distinguished Professor of Political Science, is a noted expert on the Georgia constitution and its history. He worked on revisions to the state constitution of Georgia when, in 1976, the Georgia legislature and public referendum brought to the fore the need for such changes.

From the description of Albert B. Saye collection, 1976. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 300477356