Lippincott, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Evans), 1902-

Benjamin S. Lippincott travelled overland to California with the Bryant party. He helped to raise recruits during the Mexican War and served as lieutenant of Company H, California Battalion. He lived in San Francisco in 1847, served in California constitutional convention of 1849, represented San Joaquin County in the first state legislature, and represented Calaveras County in the legislatures of 1855 and 1861.

From the description of Benjamin S. Lippincott letters : ALS, 1847-1851. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 215452397

Benjamin E. Lippincott was a professor of political science at the University of Minnesota.

From the description of Benjamin E. Lippincott papers, 1929-1946. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63301052

Resident of New York City; later, a pioneer and participant in the California gold rush.

From the description of Notebook, 1840-1841. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58760068

Benjamin Evans Lippincott graduated from Yale Sheffield Scientific School in 1925 with a B.S. in administrative engineering. He studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, from 1927-1929. At that time he interrupted his studies to take a position as instructor of political science at the University of Minnesota, then returned to England in the summer of 1930 to finish his Ph.D. degree. He was made an assistant professor of political science in 1932 and an associate professor in 1939. From 1942-1946, Lippincott served as a volunteer in the Air Force, first as a teacher and later as a historian for the Thirteenth Army Air Force in the South Pacific. He received a Legion of Merit medal for his service. In 1946, he returned to the University and became a full professor of political science. He remained on the University of Minnesota faculty until his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1971.

He wrote Victorian Critics of Democracy, published in 1938, and Democracy's Dilemma: Freedom to Destroy Freedom, published in 1965. The Benjamin Lippincott Symposium Room, located in the Social Sciences building, is named in honor of him. Benjamin Lippincott died November 10, 1988 at the age of 86. His wife, Gertrude, was widely known as an interpreter and teacher of the modern dance. She died in June 1996.

From the guide to the Benjamin Evans Lippincott papers, 1929-1946, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc])