Background
Powers, Harry Huntington was born on August 7, 1859 in Hebron, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Joseph and Lucretia (Huntington) Powers.
Powers, Harry Huntington was born on August 7, 1859 in Hebron, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Joseph and Lucretia (Huntington) Powers.
Bachelor of Arts, Madison University, 1882, Doctor of Philosophy, 1894.
Atkinson, Wisconsin, October 4, 1882. 1 son, Joseph Huntington. Instructor French and German, Madison University, 1884-1885.
Professor French, Oberlin College, 1888-1892.
Professor economics and sociology, Smith College, 1892-1894. Leland Stanford Junior University, 1895-1897.
Resided in Europe, 1897-1899. In department social science, Cornell Univercity, 1899-1902.
Resigned, 1902, to give attention to bureau of University Travel, of which was president from organization, 1897, to 1929.
Author: Mornings with Masters in Art, 1912. The Message of Greek Art, 1913. The Things Men Fight Foreign, 1916.
America Among the Nations, 1917.
America and Britain, 1918. The Great Peace, 1918.
The American Era, 1920. Florentine Reverie, 1922.
Japan, 1923, and Egypt, 1924 (both University Travel Series).
The Hill of Athena, 1924. Venice and Her Art, 1929. Home: 82 Church Saint Office: 11 Boyd Saint, Newton, Massachusetts.
Married Mary Montague, Fort.
