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Charles Austin Beard (November 27, 1874 – September 1, 1948) was an American historian and professor, who wrote primarily during the first half of the 20th century. A history professor at Columbia University, Beard's influence is primarily due to his publications in the fields of history and political science.
Charles A. Beard was an American historian, best known for his iconoclastic studies of the development of U.S. political institutions. His emphasis on the dynamics of socioeconomic conflict and change and his analysis of motivational factors in the founding of institutions made him one of the most.
Charles A. Beard (November 27, 1874–September 1, 1948) was one of the most daring and innovative historians of his day. It is with sorrow that we must record the death, on September 1, 1948, of an honored former president and wise counselor of the American Historical Association, Charles Austin Beard, in the seventy-fourth year of his age.
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May 14, 2018 · Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948), American historian and political scientist, was probably the most influential historical scholar of his time. He is best known for his emphasis on the role of economic interests in American history.
Charles A. Beard, (born Nov. 27, 1874, near Knightstown, Ind., U.S.—died Sept. 1, 1948, New Haven, Conn.), U.S. historian. Beard taught at Columbia University (1904–17) and cofounded New York’s New School for Social Research (1919). He is best known for iconoclastic studies of the development of U.S. political institutions, emphasizing ...
Apr 24, 2018 · Charles Austin Beard (b. November 27, 1874–September 1, 1948) was an influential American historian, political scientist, and one of the foremost voices in progressive historiography. Beard was also a founding member of the New School for Social Research.
Charles Beard was an American historian active in the decades prior to World War II. The son of a farmer, Beard was born and educated in rural Indiana. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in his home state before studying at Oxford and Columbia University, earning his doctorate in 1904.
One of the country’s preeminent historians and political scientists, the Indiana-born Columbia University professor Charles Beard threw down the gauntlet before the idea of the American Founders as chiefly public-spirited in their work, and motivated by the highest of political ideals.
As a scholar and historian, Charles A. Beard transformed the teaching and study of American history by stressing the "whole man," including the relationship of economic interests to politics.
Charles Austin Beard, more than any other historian, shaped the way twentieth-century Americans look at the framing of the Constitution. He thus occupied, as he said a historian should, "the position of a statesman dealing with public affairs."
