For five Harvard economics Ph.D. candidates this posting provides information about their respective academic backgrounds, the six subjects of their general examinations along with the names of the examiners, the subject of their special subject, thesis subject and advisor(s) (where available).
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DIVISION OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF PH.D.
1909-10
Notice of hour and place will be sent out three days in advance of each examination.
The hour will ordinarily be 4 p.m
Melvin Thomas Copeland.
Special Examination in Economics, Friday, December 14, 1909.
General Examination passed May 13, 1908.
Committee: Professors Ripley (chairman), Hart, Carver, Sprague, and Munro.
Academic History: Bowdoin College, 1902-06; Harvard Graduate School, 1906-09; A.B. (Bowdoin), 1906; A. M. (Harvard) 1907. Austin Teaching Fellow (Harvard), 1908-09; Instructor, 1909-10.
Special Subject: Economic History of the United States.
Thesis Subject: “The Organization of the Cotton Manufacturing Industry in the United States.” (With Professors Taussig and Gay.)
Committee on Thesis: Professors Gay, Ripley, and Sprague.
William Jackman.
Special Examination in Economics, Monday, May 9, 1910.
General Examination passed Wednesday, May 22, 1907.
Committee: Professors Gay (chairman), Channing, Ripley, Sprague, and Cross.
Academic History: University of Toronto, 1892-96; University of Pennsylvania, 1899-1900; Harvard Graduate School, 1905-07; A.B. (Toronto), 1896; A. M. (ibid.) 1900. Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Vermont, 1901-.
Special Subject: Modern Economic History of England.
Thesis Subject: “The Development of Transportation in Modern England before the Steam Railway Era.” (With Professor Gay.)
Committee on Thesis: Professors Gay, Sprague, and Cross.
Eliot Jones.
General Examination in Economics, Thursday, May 19, 1910.
Committee: Professors Ripley (chairman), Hart, Carver, Gay, and Sprague.
Academic History: Vanderbilt University, 1900-07; Harvard Graduate School, 1907-10; A.B. (Vanderbilt), 1906; A. M. (Harvard) 1908. Austin Teaching Fellow (Harvard), 1909-10.
General Subjects: 1. Economic Theory and its History. 2. Economic History since 1750. 3. Statistics. 4. Money, Banking, and Industrial Organization. 5. Transportation and Foreign Commerce. 6. History of American Institutions.
Special Subject: Transportation.
Thesis Subject: “The Anthracite Coal Trade.” (With Professor Ripley.)
George Milton Janes.
General Examination in Economics, Friday, May 20, 1910.
Committee: Professors Ripley (chairman), Emerton, Gay, Carver, and Sprague.
Academic History: Bangor Theological Seminary, 1896-99; Dartmouth College, 1899-1901; Harvard Divinity School, 1901-02; 1906-08; Middlebury College, 1902-03; Harvard Graduate School, 1908-10; B.Litt. (Dartmouth), 1901; S.T.B. (Harvard) 1902; A.B. (Middlebury) 1903.
General Subjects: 1. Economic Theory and its History. 2. Economic History to 1750. 3. Economic History since 1750. 4. Sociology and Social Reform. 5. Transportation and Industrial Organization. 6. Church History since the Council of Constance.
Special Subject: Economic History of the United States.
Thesis Subject: “Canal and Railroad in New York.” (With Professor Gay.)
Charles Edward Persons.
Special Examination in Economics, Monday, May 23, 1910.
General Examination passed February 23, 1909.
Committee: Professors Ripley (chairman), Gay, Carver, and Sprague.
Academic History: Cornell College (Iowa), 1898-1903; Harvard Graduate School, 1904-05, 1906-09; A.B. (Cornell College), 1903; A. M. (Harvard) 1905. Instructor in Economics, Wellesley College, 1908-09; Preceptor, Princeton University, 1909-.
Special Subject: Industrial History of the United States.
Thesis Subject: “The History of the Ten-Hour Law in Massachusetts.” (With Professor Taussig.)
Committee on Thesis: Professors Taussig, Bullock, and Ripley.
Source: Harvard University Archives. Harvard University, Examinations for the Ph.D. (HUC 7000.70), Folder “Examinations for the Ph.D., 1909-10”.
Image Source: Widener Library, 1915. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. Digital ID: cph 3c14486