Learned, Henry Barrett, 1868-1931

Historian and professor at Stanford University.

From the description of Papers of Henry Barrett Learned, 1907-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82466489

Biographical Note

• 1868, Mar. 21: Born, Exeter, N.H.
• 1890: A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1890 - 1892 : Headmaster of private school, Plymouth, Mass.
• 1892 - 1893 : Teacher of history, University School, Chicago, Ill.
• 1894: A.M., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
• 1894 - 1896 : In charge of department of history, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
• 1897: A.M., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1897 - 1898 : Assistant in history, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1898: Lecturer, Harvard Summer School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1899: Married Emily Cheyney
• 1899 - 1900 : Studied at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
• 1900: Literary editor, Hartford Courant
• 1900 - 1906 : Instructor in history, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1903: Editor, Sermons for the New Life by Horace Bushnell
• 1912: Published The President’s Cabinet. New Haven: Yale University Press
• 1917 - 1919 : At Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
• 1917 - 1921 : Member, Board of Education, District of Columbia
• 1920 - 1922 : Lecturer and associate professor of history, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
• 1923: Delegate from Yale University, New Haven, Conn., and Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., Fifth International Congress of Historical Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
• 1925 - 1931 : Member, Board of Education, District of Columbia
• 1927 - 1931 : Acting professor of history, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
• 1928: Delegate, Sixth International Congress of Historical Sciences, Oslo, Norway
• 1931, Oct.: Died, Palo Alto, Calif.

From the guide to the Henry Barrett Learned Papers, 1907-1931, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)