About Arthur N. Holcombe
Lived 1884 – 1977 (aged 93). Arthur N. Holcombe was an American historian and political scientist.
Arthur Norman Holcombe (November 3, 1884 – December 9, 1977) was an American political scientist and educator who taught at Harvard University from 1910 until his retirement in 1955. He was known for his studies of government structure.
Life Arthur N. Holcombe was born in Winchester, Massachusetts on November 3, 1884. He received a BA at Harvard University in 1906 and a Ph.D. in 1909. On August 30, 1910, he married Carolyn H. Crossett.
In 1949, he assisted Chiang Kai-shek in the drafting of a constitution for the Republic of China. In 1955, he retired as Eaton Professor of the Sciences of Government to become chairman of the committee to Study the Organization of Peace, an affiliate of the American Association for the United Nations.
Holcombe died in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania on December 9, 1977.
Works
Arthur N. Holcombe, The Middle Classes in American Politics (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1940). Reprinted: de Gruyter.
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American historian (1884–1977)
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Arthur N. Holcombe was born on 3 November 1884 in Winchester.
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Arthur N. Holcombe died on 9 December 1977 in Gwynedd.
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Arthur N. Holcombe was a historian and political scientist.
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