Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1800, Mar. 18 | Born, original name Franz Lieber, Berlin, Germany |
| 1815 | Joined Prussian Army |
| 1825 | Fled to England |
| 1827 | Immigrated to the United States |
| 1829-1835 | Edited Encyclopaedia Americana. 13 vols. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey |
| 1835 | Appointed professor of history and political economics, South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C. |
| 1838-1839 | Published Manual of Political Ethics. 2 vols. Boston: C. C. Little and J. Brown |
| 1853 | Published On Civil Liberty and Self-Government. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co. |
| 1857 | Joined faculty, Columbia College, New York, N.Y. |
| 1863 | Code for the Government of Armies in the Field published by the War Department during the Civil War |
| 1872, Oct. 2 | Died, New York, N.Y. |