HART

hart, albert bushnell (1854- ), american historian, was born at clarksville, mercer county, pennsylvania, on the 1st of july 1854. he graduated at harvard college in 1880, studied at paris, berlin and freiburg, and received the degree of ph.d. at freiburg in 1883. he was instructor in history at harvard in 1883-1887, assistant professor in 1887-1897, and became professor in 1897. among his writings are: _introduction to the study of federal government_ (1890), _formation of the union_ (1892, in the epochs of american history series), _practical essays on american government_ (1893), _studies in american education_ (1895), _guide to the study of american history_ (with edward channing, 1897), _salmon portland chase_ (1899, in the american statesman series), _foundations of american foreign policy_ (1901), _actual government_ (1903), _slavery and abolition_ (1906, the volume in the american nation series dealing with the period 1831-1841), _national ideals historically traced_ (1907), the 26th volume of the american nation series, and many historical pamphlets and articles. in addition he edited _american history told by contemporaries_ (4 vols., 1898-1901), and _source readers in american history_ (4 vols., 1901-1903), and two co-operative histories of the united states, the epochs of american history series (3 small text-books), and, on a much larger scale, the american nation series (27 vols., 1903-1907); he also edited the american citizen series.