George Hubbard Blakeslee
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George Hubbard Blakeslee (August 27, 1871 – May 5, 1954) was an academic, professor of history and international relations at Clark University
, and the founder of the Journal of Race Development
, which despite its name suggestive of eugenics
was, in fact, the first American journal devoted to international relations.http://www.clarku.edu/research/archives/blakeslee/scope.cfm This journal was later renamed the Journal of International Relations, which in turn was merged with Foreign Affairs
.
Born in Geneseo, New York
, he was the brother of the botanist Albert Francis Blakeslee
. Having graduated from Wesleyan University
(A.B.1893, A.M. 1897 ), George Blakeslee then studied at Leipzig University and Oxford University between 1901 and 1903. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University
in 1903.
Blakeslee participated in a number of international bodies: the Washington Disarmament Conference of 1921, the Lytton Commission of 1931-32, and in 1942 led the Far Eastern Unit that was a subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Post-War Foreign Policy at the State Department. This unit, though its designation changed several times before the US occupation of Japan, led to the post-World War II Far East Commission on which he served. He was also a member of the board of trustees of the World Peace Foundation.
He died at Worcester, Massachusetts
in 1954.
Clark University
Clark University is a private research university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.Founded in 1887, it is the oldest educational institution founded as an all-graduate university. Clark now also educates undergraduates...
, and the founder of the Journal of Race Development
Journal of Race Development
The Journal of Race Development was the first American academic journal of international relations. It was founded in 1910 by George Hubbard Blakeslee, a historian who taught at Clark University. Despite a name which now suggests a journal devoted to eugenics, the journal, in fact, dealt with a...
, which despite its name suggestive of eugenics
Eugenics
Eugenics is the "applied science or the bio-social movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population", usually referring to human populations. The origins of the concept of eugenics began with certain interpretations of Mendelian inheritance,...
was, in fact, the first American journal devoted to international relations.http://www.clarku.edu/research/archives/blakeslee/scope.cfm This journal was later renamed the Journal of International Relations, which in turn was merged with Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs is an American magazine and website on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually...
.
Born in Geneseo, New York
Geneseo, New York
Geneseo is the name of a town and its village in Livingston County in the Finger Lakes region of New York, USA, outside of Rochester, New York. The town's population is approximately 9,600, of which about 7,600 live in the village...
, he was the brother of the botanist Albert Francis Blakeslee
Albert Francis Blakeslee
Albert Francis Blakeslee was an American botanist. He is best known for his research on the poisonous jimsonweed plant and the sexuality of fungi....
. Having graduated from Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
(A.B.1893, A.M. 1897 ), George Blakeslee then studied at Leipzig University and Oxford University between 1901 and 1903. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1903.
Blakeslee participated in a number of international bodies: the Washington Disarmament Conference of 1921, the Lytton Commission of 1931-32, and in 1942 led the Far Eastern Unit that was a subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Post-War Foreign Policy at the State Department. This unit, though its designation changed several times before the US occupation of Japan, led to the post-World War II Far East Commission on which he served. He was also a member of the board of trustees of the World Peace Foundation.
He died at Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
in 1954.