Harper, Samuel N. (Samuel Northrup), 1882-1943

Specialist in Russian politics and institutions. A.B. University of Chicago, 1902. Diplôme de l'Ecole des Langues Orientales Vivantes, Paris, 1905. Attended Columbia University, Faculty of Political Science, 1909-1911. Associate in Russian, University of Chicago, 1905-1909. Lecturer in Russian Institutional History, University of Liverpool, England, 1911-1913. Assistant professor, Russian Language and Institutions, University of Chicago, 1915-1920; associate professor, 1921-1930; professor 1930-1943. Special assistant, U.S. State Department, Russian Division, 1918-1922. Died 1943.

From the description of Papers, 1900-1943 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52250100

Samuel Northrup Harper was born on April 9, 1882, in the Morgan Park section of Chicago. He was the eldest son of William Rainey Harper who, several years later, became the first president of the new University of Chicago. His mother, Ella Paul Harper, was the daughter of Dr. David Paul, president of Muskingum College in Ohio.

From his earliest youth Samuel Harper was influenced by academics and scholars. Professors from abroad were often guests in his father's home. It is not surprising therefore that he was drawn to an academic career, or that his field of specialization should be a foreign nation. Harper

From the guide to the Harper, Samuel Northrup. Papers, 1891-1943, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)