Silas Marcus MacVane
BornJune 4, 1842
Bothwell, Prince Edward Island, British North America
DiedJanuary 19, 1914(1914-01-19) (aged 71)
Rome, Italy
Education
Notable workWorking Principles of Political Economy
ChildrenDorothea Alastair MacVane
4th McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History
In office
1886–1911
Preceded byEphraim Whitman Gurney
Succeeded byEdward Channing

Silas Marcus MacVane (Macvane) (June 4, 1842 – January 19, 1914)[1] was a Canadian-American historian, the McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University starting in 1887 after the death of Ephraim Whitman Gurney (1829-1886).[2] He was a professor at Harvard from 1873 until 1911.

MacVane was born in the town of Bothwell on Prince Edward Island. He received his undergraduate degree from Acadia College in Nova Scotia in 1865. From 1865 until 1870 he taught at a school in Nova Scotia, then studied at Harvard University in 1871-1873 under Henry Adams, who instilled in him a love for scientific history. He joined the faculty of Harvard in 1875 in the department of political economy, but transferred to the history department in 1878.

MacVane's main focus of study was modern political history of both the United States and European countries. He was a frequent contributor to The Quarterly Journal of Economics. One of his most popular books was Working Principles of Political Economy (1890; 4th ed., 1897).

Both Presidents Roosevelt have been attending History course by Professor MacVane at Harvard.

MacVane was the father of Dorothea Alastair MacVane. He died in Rome in 1914, shortly before the start of WWI.

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