James Harvey Robinson (1863–1936) was an American historian. Robinson was born Bloomington, Illinois. He taught history at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University, becoming a full professor in 1895. Following a series of faculty departures from Columbia in disputes about academic freedom, including that of his friend Charles A. Beard, Robinson resigned from Columbia in May 1919 to become one of the founders of the New School for Social Research and serve as its first director.
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Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us.
—James Harvey Robinson
Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery — courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards.
—James Harvey Robinson
Topics: Courage
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