HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL (1854— ), American historian, was born at Clarksville (Penn.), on July 1, 1854. H.e graduated from Harvard College in 188o, and studied at Paris, Berlin and Freiburg. He was instructor in history at Harvard in 1883-87, assistant professor in 1887-97, and professor in 1897 191o, and professor of government 1910-1926. Among his writings are: Practical Essays on American Government (1893) ; Studies in American Education (1895) ; Guide to the Study of American History (with Edward Channing, 1897, and with Edward Channing and F. J. Turner, 1912) ; Salmon Portland Chase (1899) ; Founda tions of American Foreign Policy (1901) ; Actual Government (1903); Slavery and Abolition (1906) and National Ideals His torically Traced (1907), both in the "American Nation" series, which he edited (1904 to 1918) ; Monroe Doctrine (1916) ; We and Our History (1923) ; Formation of the Union, which brought him recognition in 1892, was re-issued in 1925.
In addition he edited American History told by Contemporaries (1897-1929), Source Readers in American History (19o1—o3), and other series; and was editor of the American Year Book. He served as president of the American Historical Association in 1909 and of the American Political Science Association in 1912.