Background
Muzzey, David Saville was born on October 9, 1870 in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David W. and Annie W. (Saville) Muzzey.
Muzzey, David Saville was born on October 9, 1870 in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David W. and Annie W. (Saville) Muzzey.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1893. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1897. Bachelor of Divinity, New York University.
U. Berlin, 1897-1898.
Sorbonne, Paris, 1898-1899. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1907.
Tutor mathematics Robert College, Constantinople, 1893-1894. Teacher Latin and Greek, Ethical Culture School New York, 1900-1903, director history since 1905. Faculty department history Barnard College, 1905-1912, associate in history, 1911-1912, associate professor, 1912-1920, professor, 1920-1923.
Graduate professor American history, Columbia, 1923-1938, Gouverneur Morris professor of history, 1938, emeritus since 1940.
Carnegie lecturer on American history, Paris, Edinburgh, Prague, 1937. Lecturer history University of Chicago, summer, 1907.
Assistant leader Society of Ethical Culture. Contributor to Ethical Culture publications Author: Rise of the New Testament, 1900.
Spiritual Heroes, 1902.
The Spiritual Franciscans, 1907. Beginners Latin Book, 1907. An American History, 1911.
State, Church, and School in France, 1911.
Readings in American History, 1915. Life of Thomas Jefferson, 1918.
The United States of America, 1922-1924. History of the American People, 1927.
James G. Blaine, a Political Idol of Other Days, 1934 (honorable mention by Pulitzer Prize jury).
Ethics as a Religion, 1951. Literature editor The Standard, New York, since 1914. Home: 492 Van Cortland, Park Avenue, Yonkers, New York Address: Columbia University, New York City.
Married Ina Jeannette Bullis, September 20, 1900 (died January 6, 1934). Married second, J. Emilie Young, June 23, 1937. Children: David Saville, Elizabeth (Mistress Joseph C. Brown).