HAMILTON, JAMES HENRY: 1861-
James Henry Hamilton , son of Robert A. and Susan Saunders Hamilton, was born in Greensburg, Ind., on Oct. 31, 1861. He graduated from Hanover College in 1885, received the LL.B. degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1887, A.M. from Indiana University in 1894, and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1896.
From 1896 to 1903 he was professor of sociology at Syracuse University, and from 1903 to 1909 he was connected with the University Settlement in New York . After 1909 he was mainly engaged in investigating social conditions in European countries. During the first World War he served with the American Red Cross in France . Mr. Hamilton wrote on economic and sociological subjects. He established post-graduate fellowships for students in Romance languages at Grenoble, Besançon, Florence, and Seville .
Information from Who's Who in America.
- The Relation of Postal Savings Banks to Commercial
Banks. Philadelphia, 1898.
- Savings and Savings Institutions. New
York, 1902.
