Alvin Saunders Johnson
Encyclopedia
Alvin Saunders Johnson, Ph.D. (December 18, 1874 - June 7, 1971) was an American
economist
, born near Homer, Neb.
, and a co-founder and first director of The New School
.
(Ph.D., 1902). Afterwards, he was employed in various positions at Columbia
, the University of Nebraska, the University of Texas
, the University of Chicago
, Leland Stanford and at Cornell
after 1913.
He was assistant editor of the Political Science Quarterly in 1902-06, and editor from 1917 of the New Republic in New York City
.
He was a co-founder of The New School
in New York in 1918, becoming its director in 1922. Johnson helped to save numerous central European scholars from persecution by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s, then brought them to a specially-created division of the New School which became known as the "University in Exile". He was also an editor of the massive Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences.
He officially retired in December 1945, and died in 1971 in Upper Nyack, New York.
United States
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economist
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, born near Homer, Neb.
Homer, Nebraska
Homer is a village in Dakota County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 590 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Homer is located at ....
, and a co-founder and first director of The New School
The New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
.
Biography
Alvin Johnson was educated at the University of Nebraska and ColumbiaColumbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
(Ph.D., 1902). Afterwards, he was employed in various positions at Columbia
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, the University of Nebraska, the University of Texas
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
, the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, Leland Stanford and at Cornell
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
after 1913.
He was assistant editor of the Political Science Quarterly in 1902-06, and editor from 1917 of the New Republic in New York City
New York City
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.
He was a co-founder of The New School
The New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
in New York in 1918, becoming its director in 1922. Johnson helped to save numerous central European scholars from persecution by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s, then brought them to a specially-created division of the New School which became known as the "University in Exile". He was also an editor of the massive Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences.
He officially retired in December 1945, and died in 1971 in Upper Nyack, New York.
Major publications
- Rent in Modern Economic Theory: An Essay in Distribution, 1903.
- Introduction to Economics, 1909.
- "Review of Hobson's Industrial System", 1911, AER.
- "Review of Hobson's Science of Wealth", 1912, AER.
- "Review of Böhm-Bawerk's Positive Theory of Capital", 1914, AER.
- "Review of Adler's Kapitalzins und Preisbewegung", 1914, AER.
- War and the Interests of Labor, 1914.
- Commerce and War, 1914.
- The Professor and the Petticoat, 1914 (novel).
- "Review of Carver's Essays in Social Justice and Hollander's Abolition of Poverty", 1916, AER
- John Stuyvesant, Ancestor, 1919.
- Editor, Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, 1930.
- "The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism", 1939, Survey Graphic
- The Clock of History, 1946.
- Socialism in Western Europe, 1948.
- Pioneer's Progress: An autobiography, 1952.
- Essays in Social Economics, 1954.
- New World for Old: A Family Migration, 1965
- Introduction to Economics, 1971.
Literature
- Peter M. RutkoffPeter RutkoffPeter Rutkoff is Professor of American Studies at Kenyon College and director of the Kenyon Academic Partnership.He grew up in New York City and attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School. He received his bachelor's degree at St. Lawrence University in 1964, and went on to attend the University of...
, William B. Scott: New School: a History of the New School for Social Research. New York: Free Press 1986. - Autobiography, Pioneer's Progress, published in 1952