Tyler Dennett was an American historian and educator. He is best known for his book John Hay (1933), for which he won the 1934 Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

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 for biography.

In 1900, Dennett enrolled at Bates College

Bates College

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, then transferred to Williams College

Williams College

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 as a sophomore. After his graduation in the spring of 1904 and a year of work in Williamstown, Massachusetts

Williamstown, Massachusetts

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 he attended the Union Theological Seminary

Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

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, where he was awarded a diploma in 1908. He served briefly as a Congregational Minister

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, but soon left to pursue a career in journalism. In 1922 he published Americans in Eastern Asia, a study of American policy in the Far East, which was well received and was long held as an important work in the field. Dennett was awarded a Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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 in 1925, doing research on Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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 and the Russo-Japanese War

Russo-Japanese War

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.

He taught American history at Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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 (1923–24) and at Columbia University

Columbia University

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 (1927–28), and international relations

International relations

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 at Princeton University

Princeton University

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 (1931–34). Dennett served as president of Williams College

Williams College

Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...

(1934–37), from which position he resigned after a disagreement with the college's board of trustees.

Among his numerous scholarly writings were The Democratic Movement in Asia (1918) and A Better World (1920).

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