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Robert Green McCloskey (8 January 1916 – 4 August 1969) was an American political historian.

Biography

Robert McCloskey originally studied at the University of Wisconsin, receiving an AB,[1] eventually completing his doctorate in political science at Harvard University, whose faculty he joined in 1948.[2] He was secretary of the Littauer Center of Public Administration until 1954, when Arthur Maass took the position.[3] He became an associate professor at the university in 1953, eventually settling as Professor of Government in 1958.[1]

McCloskey was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1959.[4] His book The American Supreme Court was the winner of the 1961 Award of the Contemporary Affairs Society.[1] In 1966, McCloskey was named Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History and Government at Harvard. The position had been vacant since 1963, upon the death of V. O. Key.[5] McCloskey died on 4 August 1969.[6][7]

McCloskey's book American Conservatism in the Age of Enterprise was first published in 1951. The book was based on his doctoral dissertation,[8] and explored conservatism in the United States from the Reconstruction era to 1910, by considering the publications of William Graham Sumner, Stephen Johnson Field, and Andrew Carnegie.[9][10] The first edition of The American Supreme Court was published in 1961 as part of a series,[11] and described as "lucidly written, well-reasoned, and concise" by Robert J. Harris,[12] and "one of the best of a rare breed" by Paul W. Fox.[13] In 2011, Keith E. Whittington called it "the classic one-volume history of the Court."[14]

Robert McCloskey married Helen Stueland, with who he had 3 children (including economist Deirdre McCloskey) before dying at the Peter Bent Bridhamn Hospital (now part of the Brigham and Women's Hospital) in August 1969.[1] Following his death, a student of McCloskey's, Sanford Levinson, continued updating The American Supreme Court.[15] A third book by McCloskey, titled The Modern Supreme Court, was posthumously published in 1974.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Robert McCloskey, 53; Harvard Professor". The Boston Globe. 1969-08-05. p. 36. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  2. ^ Shapiro, Martin (1986). "Mccloskey, Robert G. (1916–1969)". Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Maass Appointed as Littauer Secretary". Harvard Crimson. 18 May 1954. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Robert G. McCloskey". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. ^ "McCloskey Given Trumbull Chair; Math, Biology Professorships Filled". Harvard Crimson. 22 April 1966. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Robert G. McCloskey 1916-1969". Harvard Crimson. 6 August 1968. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Robert G. McCloskey, Professor Of History at Harvard, Is Dead". New York Times. 5 August 1968. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  8. ^ Bornet, Vaughn D. (1 March 1952). "Book Reviews : American Conservatism in the Age of Enterprise: A Study of William Graham Sumner, Stephen J. Field, and Andrew Carnegie. By ROBERT GREEN MCCLOSKEY. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1951. Pp. xi, 193. $3.25.)". Political Research Quarterly. 5 (1): 150–151. doi:10.1177/106591295200500119. S2CID 153727558.
  9. ^ Redlich, Fritz (1 April 1952). "American Conservatism in the Age of Enterprise: A Study of William Graham Sumner, Stephen J. Field, and Andrew Carnegie. By Robert Green McCloskey. [Harvard Political Studies.] (Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1951. Pp. xiii, 193. $3.25.)". The American Historical Review. 53 (3): 707–709. doi:10.1086/ahr/57.3.707.
  10. ^ Dodge, Guy Howard (June 1952). "American Conservatism in the Age of Enterprise; A Study of William Graham Sumner, Stephen J. Field and Andrew Carnegie. By Robert Green McCloskey. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1951. Pp. xi, 193. $3.25.) - Brooks Adams; Constructive Conservative. By Thornton Anderson. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 1951. Pp. xiv, 250. $3.75.)". American Political Science Review. 46 (2): 561–563. doi:10.2307/1950853. JSTOR 1950853.
  11. ^ Swisher, Carl B. (June 1961). "The American Supreme Court. By Robert G. McCloskey. The Chicago History of American Civilization. Edited by Daniel J. Boorstin. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960. xii + 260 pp. Bibliographical essay and index. $5.00.)". Journal of American History. 48 (1): 151–153. doi:10.2307/1902449. JSTOR 1902449.
  12. ^ Harris, Robert J. (1 July 1961). "ROBERT G. McCLOSKEY. The American Supreme Court. (The Chicago History of American Civilization.) Pp. x, 260. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960. $5.00". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 336 (1): 179–180. doi:10.1177/000271626133600129. S2CID 143602148.
  13. ^ Fox, Paul W. (December 1961). "The American Supreme Court by Robert G. McCloskey (review)". The Canadian Historical Review. 42 (4): 343–344. doi:10.3138/chr-042-04-br10.
  14. ^ Whittington, Keith E. (December 2011). "Review: THE SUPREME COURT IN POLITICS". Reviews in American History. 39 (4): 631–636. doi:10.1353/rah.2011.0127. JSTOR 41348916. S2CID 143570668.
  15. ^ Magee, James (2007). "Book Review: Politics, Judicial Review and the Separation of Powers". The Journal of Legislative Studies. 13 (2): 320–325. doi:10.1080/13572330701335830. S2CID 155031773.
  16. ^ Stephenson, Jr., D. Grier (April 1974). "Book Review". Virginia Law Review. 60 (4): 728–733. doi:10.2307/1072419. JSTOR 1072419.
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