Amos Shartle Hershey (1867–1933) was an American
professor of
political science, born at
Hockersville, Pennsylvania. He received his education at
Harvard College and Law School and studied also at the
University of Heidelberg (
Ph.D., 1894) and at the
University of Paris (1894–95). While on the faculty of
Indiana University, he served as assistant professor of political science (1895–1900), as associate professor of
European history and politics (1900–05), and as professor of political science after 1905. He was a member of the staff of the
American Commission to Negotiate Peace
The American Commission to Negotiate Peace, successor to The Inquiry, participated in the peace negotiations at the Treaty of Versailles from January 18 to December 9, 1919. Frank Lyon Polk headed the commission in 1919. The peace conference was su ...
, 1918–19.
Works
Besides his contributions on political science and law he is author of:
* ''The International Law and Diplomacy of the Russo-Japanese War'' (1907)
* ''The Essentials of International Public Law'' (1912)
* ''Modern Japan'', with Frank M. Anderson (1919)
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Indiana University faculty
Harvard College alumni
University of Paris alumni
Heidelberg University alumni
American political writers
American male non-fiction writers
People from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
1867 births
1933 deaths
American political scientists
Harvard Law School alumni
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