Harry Pratt Judson (December 20, 1849 – March 4, 1927) was a

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educator and

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and the second president of the

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Biography

Judson was born at

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and educated at

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(A.B., 1870; A.M., 1883), where he was a brother of the

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fraternity (Epsilon chapter). Judson taught at Troy High School in

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, from 1870 to 1885 and was

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of history and

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at the

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from 1885 to 1892. Moving to the

in 1892, Judson became professor of

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and head dean of the colleges and in 1894 was named head of the department of political science and dean of the faculty of arts, literature, and science. He served as acting president of the University of Chicago from 1906 to 1907 and was named the university's second president in 1907, serving until 1923. During his tenure, Judson forced Georgiana Simpson (the second Black woman to receive a PhD) to move off-campus after several white students complained about her presence in the dorms . For a discussion of Dr. Judson's career at the University of Chicago, see "The University of Chicago Centennial Catalogues", Special Collections Research Center, The University of Chicago Librar

/ref> Judson became a member of the

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in 1906 and of the

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in 1913.

Publications

Besides editing a series of readers, he is author of: * ''History of the Troy Citizens' Corps'' (1884). * ''Cæsar's Army'' (1888). * ''

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in the Nineteenth Century'' (1894; third edition, revised, 1901). * ''The Growth of the American Nation'' (1895; second edition, 1900). * ''The Higher Education as a Training for Business'' (1896; second edition, 1911). * ''The Government of

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'' (1900). * ''The Essentials of a Written Constitution'' (1903). * ''Our Federal Republic'' (1925).

References

External links

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Guide to the Harry Pratt Judson Papers 1889-1901
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University of Chicago Special Collections Research CenterGuide to the University of Chicago Office of the President, Harper, Judson and Burton Administrations Records 1869-1925
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1849 births 1927 deaths Historians from New York (state) People from Jamestown, New York University of Chicago faculty Presidents of the University of Chicago Williams College alumni {{US-historian-stub