Name George Sabine | Role Writer | |
Died 1961, Washington, D.C., United States Books A History of Political Theory, The Modern Idea of th, The Rise and Progress, The Rise and Progress, The Two Democratic Traditions Similar People Gerrard Winstanley, John Milton, Andrew Dickson White | ||
George Holland Sabine (9 December 1880 – 18 January 1961) popularly known as Sabine was professor of philosophy, dean of the Graduate School and vice president of Cornell University. He is best known for his authoritative work A History of Political Theory which traces the growth of political thought from the times of Plato to the modern day Fascism and Nazism. George Sabine was also a carpenter, a blacksmith, a cook, and a gardener. He also collected lithographs and etchings. In his review of A History of Political Theory, Leland Jenks noted that "Sabine is the only textbook writer who is abreast of recent Rousseau scholarship, as represented by Hoffding, Lanson, Cassirer, and Hendel."
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Biography
He was born on 9 December 1880 in Dayton, Ohio to Lorenzo D. Sabine and Eva Josephine Tucker.
Sabine entered Cornell University in 1899, received his A.B. in 1903 and Ph.D. in 1906. He taught at Stanford University from 1907 to 1914. That year he was appointed professor of philosophy at University of Missouri. He continued teaching there until 1923 when he began at Ohio State University. In 1931 he returned to Cornell, where Henry W. Sage had endowed the Susan Linn Sage professorship. Beyond the classroom, Sabine served as Dean of Graduate School from 1940 to 44, and as Vice President of Cornell from 1943 to 46.
He died on 18 January 1961 in Washington, D.C.