History of Union, (Hardin County) Iowa United States of America

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Biography of Thomas C. Devin

Thomas C. Devin, social economist, was born in Union, Hardin county, Iowa, May 6, 1867; son of John and Laura (Hall) Devine, and grandson of Frederick and Clarissa (Hotchkiss) Hall. His first American ancestors lived in Massachusetts and Connecticut, 1650 to 1700. He prepared for college at Albion seminary and was graduated at Cornell college, Iowa, A.B., 1887, and A.M., 1890. He studied in Halle, Germany, 1890-91; was a fellow of the University of Pennsylvania, 1891-95, and received the degree of Ph.D. from that institution in 1892. He was staff lecturer on economics, American society for the extension of university teaching, Philadelphia, 1893-98, and secretary of the society, 1895-98. He was elected a member of the council of the American economic association, of the council of the American academy of political and social science, and of the New York social reform club. He is the author of Economics (1898), and papers on social questions published in the Annals of the American academy of arts and sciences, Charities Review and elsewhere.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor