Collier's New Encyclopedia

A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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ALBION WOODBURY, an American educator, born at Buchfield, Me., in 1854. He was educated at Colby College, the Newton Theological Institu- Me., in 1854. He was educated at Colby College, the Newton Theological Institution, the Universities of Berlin and Leip- 1881 to 1888 he was professor of history and political economy at Colby College, and from 1889 to 1892 president of this institution. From 1892 to 1905 he was professor and head of the department of sociology at the University of Chicago, sociology at the University of and since 1905 Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature. Beginof the School of Arts and Literature. Begin- Не ning with 1895 he was editor of "American Journal of Sociology." wrote "General Sociology" (1905); "Adam Smith and Modern Sociology" (1907); "The Cameralists" (1909); "The Meaning of Social Science" (1910); "Between Eras" (1913).

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