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Justin Harvey Smith

ジャスティン・ハーヴェイ・スミス

Jasutin Hāvei Sumisu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1857-01-13 (Boscawen, New Hampshire)
Died
1930-03-21 (Brooklyn, New York) age 73
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
New Hampshire → Brooklyn, New York

Career

Occupations
historian, Professor of Modern History, publisher
Active Years
1877-1930
Affiliations
Charles Scribner's Sons, Ginn & Co., Dartmouth College
Memberships
American Historical Association

Education

Dartmouth College
Faculty of Arts
Degree: B.A.
Period: 1873-1877
Year of Graduation: 1877
Country: United States
B.A. obtained
Dartmouth College
Faculty of Arts
Degree: M.A.
Period: 1877-1881
Year of Graduation: 1881
Country: United States
M.A. obtained
Union Theological Seminary
Period: 1879-1881
Country: United States
Theological studies
Norwich University
Degree: LL.D.
Year of Graduation: 1908
Country: United States
Honorary LL.D.

Awards

Pulitzer Prize
1920
Work: The War with Mexico
Category: 歴史部門
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞
Loubat Prize
1923
Work: The War with Mexico
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The War with Mexico

1919 History

Detailed history of the Mexican–American War in two volumes.

Mexican–American WarAmerican expansionism

The Annexation of Texas

1911 History

History of the annexation of Texas.

Texas annexation

Our Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony

1907 History

Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony in Canada.

Colonialism

Arnold's March from Cambridge to Quebec

1903 History

Arnold's march from Cambridge to Quebec.

American Revolutionary War

The Troubadours at Home

1899 History

Life of troubadours at home.

Medieval literature

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed archival research-based writing
Recurring Motifs
American historyMilitary history

Legacy

Specialist on the Mexican–American War, Pulitzer Prize winner, contributed to American historical research.

Archives

  • Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas
  • Dartmouth College Library

Trivia

  • Descendant of Mayflower passenger Gov. William Bradford.
  • Married Mary Ellen Barnard on May 22, 1892 in Boston; divorced 1895. Wife's stage name Marie Ellene Barna, aka Marie Russak.