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Beard (CHARLES AUSTIN an American)

CHARLES AUSTIN, an American educator and historian, born at Knightstown, Ind., in 1874. graduated from DePauw University in 1898 and took post-graduate studies at Oxford, Cornell, and Columbia universities, becoming adjunct professor of politics of Columbia University in 1907. He became successively assistant professor and professor in that subject. He resigned in 1916 and became director of the Training School for Public Service in New York City. He was a member of many historical and economic societies. His published writings include "Introduction to the English Historians" (1906); "Development of Modern Europe" (1907); "American Government and Politics" (1910); "American City Government" (1912); "Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy" (1915).