Orin Grant Libby
American historian
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- Bachelors History University of California, Berkeley
- Masters History University of California, Berkeley
- PhD History University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Orin Grant Libby was an American historian. Biography Libby was the son of farmer Asa Libby and his wife Julia Libby. As well as farming, his father held several local government positions, and worked in several skilled crafts. In 1886, Libby received a diploma from River Falls State Normal School, and then taught in high schools until 1890, when he entered the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a junior. He received a bachelor's degree from Wisconsin in 1892, and stayed to continue his studies in history. In 1893, he submitted a master's thesis with an emphasis on economic history entitled “De Witt Clinton and the Erie Canal — A State Enterprise.” He ultimately received a Ph.D. at Wisconsin in 1895, his dissertation being entitled The Geographical Distribution of the Vote of the Thirteen States on the Federal Constitution 1787–8. His dissertation examined the economics and geography behind the voting patterns for the Constitution. An influential advisor was Frederick Jackson Turner. Afterward, he continued at Wisconsin as an instructor, and as a historical researcher seeking to apply the methodology of physical and biological sciences to his studies of Congressional voting patterns.
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