Arthur Norman Holcombe (November 3, 1884 – December 9, 1977) was an American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

and educator who taught at

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from 1910 until his retirement in 1955. He was known for his studies of government structure.

Life

Arthur N. Holcombe was born in

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on November 3, 1884. He received a BA at

in 1906 and a Ph.D. in 1909. On August 30, 1910, he married Carolyn H. Crossett. They had five children. In 1964, he married Hadassah Moore Leeds Parrot. Holcombe split his career between public service and teaching. He was president of the American Political Science Association in 1936. He was credited with establishing

political philosophy Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, ...

and theory as basic disciplines in

’s government curriculum, where he was Professor of government, from 1910 to 1955. Among his students were

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and

Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. ...

. 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

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. 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. * * *

References

External links

Guide to the Arthur N. Holcombe Personal Papers
at the

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"Book Review: ''A Strategy of Peace in a Changing World''", ''The Academy of Political Science'', B. S. Murty, 1970
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