Background
Harding, Samuel Bannister was born on July 29, 1866 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of George Canady and Julia Cora (Bannister) Harding.
Harding, Samuel Bannister was born on July 29, 1866 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of George Canady and Julia Cora (Bannister) Harding.
Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1890. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1894, Doctor of Philosophy, 1898.
1 son, Robert George. Married second, Margaret Snodgrass, 1918. Children—John Snodgrass, Margaret, Mary Katharine.
Assistant professor, associate professor and professor of history, Indiana University, 1895-1918.
Research and editorial war work with Committee on Public Information, Washington, August 1917-January 1919. Editorial work, Chicago, 1919-1921.
Acting professor of English History, University of Minnesota, 1921. Professor of history, extension division, same, 1922-1924, supervising all college subjects in extension, and professor of history, University of Minnesota, since 1924.
Professor of history summer sessions, University of Oregon, 1922-1924, summer session.
State Teachers College, Colorado, 1925. Author: The Contest Over the Ratification of the Federal Constitution in the State of Massachusetts (Harvard History Studies series), 1896. Essentials in Medieval and Modern History, 1905.
Indiana University, 1820-1904 (editor), 1905.
Select Orations Illustrating American History, 1909. New Medieval and Modern History, 1913.
Old World Background to American History, 1919. Managing editor Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia (for young people), 1919-1921.
Home: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Married Caroline Hirst Brown, 1890. Married second, Margaret Snodgrass, 1918. Children: John Snodgrass, Margaret, Mary Katharine.