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John Spencer Bassett (September 10, 1867 – January 27, 1928) was an American historian. He was a professor at Duke University (then Trinity College) best known today for the Bassett Affair in 1903 when he publicly criticized racism among Southern elites, and called Booker T. Washington, "all in all the greatest man, save General Lee, born in the South in 100 years." in the face of widespread outrage, the college trustees refused to accept Bassett's resignation by a vote of 18 to 7. In 1906 he became a professor of history at Smith College in Massachusetts.〔Doherty p 28-29〕 After 1919 he was the long-time secretary (Executive Director) of the American Historical Association, and stabilize its finances through an endowment. As one of the first PhD's trained at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, introduced new models of scholarship to college education. He wrote numerous books on North Carolina, a major biography of Andrew Jackson, several textbooks, and produced carefully edited editions of important primary sources, most notably his seven volume ''Correspondence of Andrew Jackson'' (1926-1935). == Biography == Bassett was born September 10, 1867 in Tarboro, North Carolina. He entered Trinity College (now Duke University) in 1886, as a junior, graduating with an A.B. in history. In 1894 he earned a Ph.D in history from Johns Hopkins University, under the direction of Herbert Baxter Adams. He became a professor at Smith College in 1906.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/exhibits/academic-freedom/bassettaffair.html )〕 He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1921.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf )〕 Bassett died 27 January 1928 in Washington, DC. John Spencer Bassett was the second of seven children of Richard Baxter Bassett (son of Richard and Caroline Spencer Bassett) who was born September 20, 1832 in Williamsburg, Virginia and died March 25, 1902 in Goldsboro, North Carolina; and Mary Jane Wilson (daughter of John Wilson and Susannah Dunn of Maine) born November 7, 1845 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and died September 1, 1903 in Durham, North Carolina. Both of his parents are buried in Willow Dale Cemetery in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina. In Forsyth, North Carolina on August 10, 1892, John Spencer Bassett married Jessie Lewellin. She was born January 31, 1866 in Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia; died April 3, 1950 in Northampton, Massachusetts. John Spencer Bassett and Jessie Lewellin Bassett are buried in the Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts. They had two children Richard Horace Bassett and Margaret Byrd Bassett. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Spencer Bassett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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