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Herbert Levi Osgood was primarily known as a political scientist who specialized in European history.
Answer: False
Explanation: The source identifies Herbert Levi Osgood as an American historian whose primary specialization was colonial American history, not a political scientist focused on European history.
Osgood earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and his PhD from Amherst College.
Answer: False
Explanation: Herbert Levi Osgood earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College and his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from Columbia University, not Yale and Amherst respectively.
Herbert Levi Osgood was born in New York City and died in Canton, Maine.
Answer: False
Explanation: Herbert Levi Osgood was born in Canton, Maine, and died in New York City, US.
Osgood's scholarly period began in 1886 and concluded with his death in 1918.
Answer: False
Explanation: Osgood's scholarly period spanned from 1886 to 1924, extending beyond his death in 1918 due to posthumous publications.
Osgood's year in Berlin was spent teaching at a local high school before returning to the US.
Answer: False
Explanation: Osgood spent a year in Berlin during his graduate studies to engage with European academic traditions and further his research, returning to the US to teach at Brooklyn High School *after* Berlin and before resuming graduate studies at Columbia.
Osgood's year in Berlin was part of his undergraduate studies at Amherst.
Answer: False
Explanation: Osgood's year in Berlin occurred during his graduate studies, after receiving his Master's from Amherst and taking graduate classes at Yale, before resuming graduate studies at Columbia.
What was Herbert Levi Osgood's primary academic specialization?
Answer: Colonial American history
Where did Herbert Levi Osgood earn his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree?
Answer: Columbia University
What was Osgood's academic path immediately after graduating from Amherst College in 1877?
Answer: He spent a year in Berlin, then taught at Brooklyn High School, and resumed graduate studies at Columbia.
What was the purpose of Osgood's year spent in Berlin during his graduate studies?
Answer: To engage with European academic traditions and further his research.
What was the primary subject of Herbert Levi Osgood's scholarly work?
Answer: American history, specifically colonial history
John W. Burgess was Osgood's student at Columbia University and later founded *Political Science Quarterly*.
Answer: False
Explanation: John W. Burgess was Herbert L. Osgood's political science professor and mentor, not his student. Burgess founded *Political Science Quarterly*.
Herbert L. Osgood began teaching at Columbia University in 1891, focusing on colonial and American Revolution history.
Answer: True
Explanation: Herbert L. Osgood began teaching the course on 'Political History of the Colonies and the American Revolution' at Columbia University in 1891.
Charles Austin Beard and Arthur Meier Schlesinger were among Osgood's notable doctoral students at Columbia.
Answer: True
Explanation: Charles Austin Beard and Arthur Meier Schlesinger are listed among Osgood's notable doctoral students at Columbia University.
As a professor at Columbia, Osgood was known for directing numerous dissertations for future major historians.
Answer: True
Explanation: As a professor at Columbia University, Herbert L. Osgood directed numerous dissertations for scholars who later became major historians.
Osgood was appointed professor at Columbia University in 1896 and held that position until his retirement in 1910.
Answer: False
Explanation: Osgood was appointed professor at Columbia University in 1896 and remained in that position until his death in 1918, not his retirement in 1910.
George Louis Beer, an 'Imperial School' historian, was a student of Osgood at Columbia.
Answer: True
Explanation: George Louis Beer, a notable 'Imperial School' historian, was one of Osgood's students at Columbia.
Who was John W. Burgess in relation to Herbert L. Osgood's academic career?
Answer: His political science professor and mentor
When did Herbert L. Osgood begin teaching the course on 'Political History of the Colonies and the American Revolution' at Columbia University?
Answer: 1891
Which of the following was NOT a notable doctoral student of Herbert L. Osgood at Columbia?
Answer: Edward Channing
When was Osgood appointed professor at Columbia University, a position he held until his death?
Answer: 1896
Which other notable 'Imperial School' historian was Osgood's student at Columbia?
Answer: George Louis Beer
Herbert L. Osgood was a prominent leader of the 'Imperial historians' school of thought.
Answer: True
Explanation: The source explicitly states that Herbert L. Osgood was a leader of the 'Imperial historians' school of thought.
Osgood's scholarly writing style was characterized by a strong narrative flow and popular accessibility.
Answer: False
Explanation: Herbert L. Osgood's scholarly work was characterized by extensive and detailed analysis of primary sources, with minimal narrative flow, prioritizing careful analysis for other historians.
Edward Channing's historical works were primarily based on direct primary research, similar to Osgood's approach.
Answer: False
Explanation: Edward Channing's works, while popularly accessible, were based more on a synthesis of secondary sources, contrasting with Osgood's direct primary research approach.
Osgood's work was sometimes compared to that of the German historian Leopold von Ranke due to his emphasis on primary sources.
Answer: True
Explanation: Osgood's work was sometimes compared to Leopold von Ranke, a German historian known for his emphasis on primary sources and objective historical writing.
The 'Imperial School' historians, including Osgood, aimed to portray colonists heroically and the British as evil.
Answer: False
Explanation: The 'Imperial School' historians, including Osgood, aimed to move beyond partisan studies that often portrayed colonists heroically and the British as evil, focusing instead on imperial ties.
Osgood was the first American historian to acknowledge the complexity and experimental nature of imperial structures.
Answer: True
Explanation: According to biographer Gwenda Morgan, Osgood was the first American historian to acknowledge the complexity and experimental nature of imperial structures, as well as the contradictions between theory and practice.
Which historical school of thought was Herbert L. Osgood a leader of?
Answer: The Imperial historians
What was a defining characteristic of Herbert L. Osgood's scholarly writing style?
Answer: Extensive and detailed analysis of primary sources
Osgood's writing style, which focused on detailed analysis of primary sources, contrasted with which historian's approach of synthesizing secondary sources for popular accessibility?
Answer: Edward Channing
To which influential German historian was Osgood's work sometimes compared due to his emphasis on primary sources?
Answer: Leopold von Ranke
What was the primary aim of the 'Imperial School' historians, including Osgood, regarding colonial studies?
Answer: To focus on the internal operations and structures of the British Empire
What did Osgood's work contribute to the understanding of the British Empire's structures, according to Gwenda Morgan?
Answer: It recognized the intricate, experimental nature of imperial structures and contradictions between theory and practice.
Osgood's doctoral dissertation was based on articles published in the *American Historical Review*.
Answer: False
Explanation: Osgood's doctoral dissertation was based on articles published in *Political Science Quarterly*, specifically 'Scientific Socialism' and 'Scientific Anarchism'.
After completing his doctorate, Osgood conducted research on colonial America in French archives.
Answer: False
Explanation: After completing his doctorate, Osgood traveled to London to study documents related to colonial America in the archives of the British Museum and the Public Record Office, not French archives.
Osgood first criticized partisan colonial studies in his article 'Scientific Socialism.'
Answer: False
Explanation: Osgood first articulated his critical view of partisan colonial studies in his article 'England and the Colonies,' not 'Scientific Socialism'.
Osgood contributed an article on early American history to the 11th edition of the *Encyclopædia Britannica*.
Answer: True
Explanation: Herbert L. Osgood wrote an article on early American history for the 11th edition of the *Encyclopædia Britannica*.
Osgood relied solely on student assistants to gather material for his major multi-volume works, never visiting archives himself.
Answer: False
Explanation: Osgood, with the assistance of students, personally visited archives in various states and Britain to examine original historical documents for his major works.
*The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century* was Osgood's second major multi-volume series, published posthumously.
Answer: False
Explanation: *The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century* was Osgood's *first* major multi-volume series, published between 1904 and 1907. The sequel, *The American Colonies in the Eighteenth Century*, was published posthumously.
*The American Colonies in the Eighteenth Century* was fully completed and edited by Osgood before his death.
Answer: False
Explanation: At the time of Osgood's death, a chapter on slavery for *The American Colonies in the Eighteenth Century* was yet to be written, and the final editing of the entire work was incomplete.
Osgood's thorough report for the American Historical Association's Public Archives Commission focused on the state of Massachusetts.
Answer: False
Explanation: Osgood handled the section on New York for the Public Archives Commission, and his report was exceptionally thorough for that state.
Osgood edited the *Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, 1675-1776* as a public service.
Answer: True
Explanation: As a public service, Osgood edited the eight-volume *Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, 1675-1776*.
Osgood's article 'England and the Colonies' was published in *Political Science Quarterly* in 1897.
Answer: False
Explanation: Osgood's article 'England and the Colonies' was published in *Political Science Quarterly* in September 1887, not 1897.
Osgood's article 'Scientific Socialism' was published in March 1889.
Answer: False
Explanation: Osgood's article 'Scientific Socialism' was published in December 1886. 'Scientific Anarchism' was published in March 1889.
What journal published Osgood's early articles 'Scientific Socialism' and 'Scientific Anarchism,' which formed the basis of his doctoral dissertation?
Answer: Political Science Quarterly
Where did Osgood conduct research on colonial America after completing his doctorate?
Answer: British Museum and Public Record Office in London
In which early article did Osgood first articulate his critical view of partisan colonial studies?
Answer: England and the Colonies
What was the title of Osgood's first major multi-volume series, published between 1904 and 1907?
Answer: The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century
What unfinished task remained for *The American Colonies in the Eighteenth Century* at the time of Osgood's death?
Answer: A chapter on slavery was yet to be written, and final editing was needed.
For which state did Osgood prepare an exceptionally thorough report for the American Historical Association's Public Archives Commission project in 1900?
Answer: New York
What was the title of the four-volume sequel to *The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century*, published posthumously in 1924?
Answer: The American Colonies in the Eighteenth Century
What public service editing project did Osgood undertake, compiling eight volumes of municipal documents?
Answer: Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, 1675-1776
What was the subject of Osgood's article published in December 1886 in *Political Science Quarterly*?
Answer: Scientific Socialism
How did Osgood gather material for his major multi-volume works?
Answer: He personally visited archives in various states and Britain to examine original documents.
Dixon Ryan Fox, Osgood's son-in-law, authored a biography of Osgood published in 1924.
Answer: True
Explanation: Dixon Ryan Fox, Herbert L. Osgood's son-in-law, authored the biography titled *Herbert Levi Osgood, an American scholar*, published in 1924.
According to Gwenda Morgan, Osgood's work primarily emphasized imperial influences as the shapers of colonial development.
Answer: False
Explanation: Gwenda Morgan concluded that, in Osgood's view, American factors, rather than imperial influences, were the primary shapers of the colonies' development.
Osgood's work is no longer considered valuable for professional historians today.
Answer: False
Explanation: Gwenda Morgan states that Osgood's work still holds significant value for professional historians, particularly for understanding the colonies' position within the early British Empire and their internal political development.
Ernest Staples Osgood, a historian of the American West, was Herbert L. Osgood's brother.
Answer: False
Explanation: Ernest Staples Osgood, a historian of the American West, was Herbert L. Osgood's nephew, not his brother.
The papers of Herbert L. Osgood are primarily housed at the Library of Congress.
Answer: False
Explanation: The papers of Herbert L. Osgood are available at Columbia University's Rare Book & Manuscript Library, not primarily at the Library of Congress.
*The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century* received negative reviews in academic circles upon its publication.
Answer: False
Explanation: *The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century* received favorable reviews in academic literature upon its publication.
Who authored the biography of Herbert L. Osgood titled *Herbert Levi Osgood, an American scholar*?
Answer: Dixon Ryan Fox
According to biographer Gwenda Morgan, what new sophistication did Osgood bring to colonial studies?
Answer: An institutional perspective on how the Atlantic was bridged and the complexity of imperial structures.
What did Gwenda Morgan conclude were the primary shapers of the colonies' development, according to Osgood's view?
Answer: American factors within the colonies
Where are the papers of Herbert L. Osgood available for research?
Answer: Columbia University's Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Which of the following historians was Osgood's nephew and a prominent historian of the American West?
Answer: Ernest Staples Osgood
According to Gwenda Morgan, what enduring value does Osgood's work hold for professional historians today?
Answer: It helps understand the colonies' position within the early British Empire and their internal political development.
What was the general academic reception of Osgood's *The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century* upon its publication?
Answer: It received favorable reviews in academic literature.