▁born ▁in ▁Maine , ▁and ▁attended ▁Am her st ▁College , ▁from ▁which ▁he ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁having ▁studied ▁under ▁John ▁W . ▁Burg ess . ▁He ▁received ▁his ▁Master ' s ▁from ▁Am her st ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 0 , ▁took ▁gradu ate ▁classes ▁at ▁Y ale , ▁and ▁spent ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁Berlin , ▁before ▁returning ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁to ▁teach ▁at ▁Brook lyn ▁High ▁School ▁and ▁res ume ▁gradu ate ▁studies ▁at ▁Columbia ▁under ▁Burg ess , ▁who ▁had ▁recently ▁moved ▁there . ▁Os good ▁received ▁his ▁doctor ate ▁from ▁Columbia ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 9 . ▁He ▁had ▁already ▁published ▁two ▁well - rece ived ▁articles ▁in ▁the ▁journal ▁Political ▁Science ▁Qu arter ly , ▁which ▁Burg ess ▁had ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 : ▁" S cient ific ▁Social ism " ▁( Dec . ▁ 1 8 8 6 ), ▁and ▁" S cient ific ▁An arch ism " ▁( Mar . ▁ 1 8 8 9 ) — the ▁two ▁articles ▁were ▁then ▁put ▁together ▁as ▁his ▁doctor al ▁dis sert ation . ▁ ▁Os good ▁then ▁went ▁to ▁London ▁to ▁study ▁documents ▁rel ating ▁to ▁colonial ▁America ▁in ▁the ▁arch ives ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Museum ▁and ▁the ▁Public ▁Record ▁Office . ▁Return ing ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁once ▁more , ▁he ▁served ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁to ▁Burg ess ▁for ▁six ▁years , ▁and ▁immediately ▁began ▁teaching ▁the ▁course ▁on ▁" Pol it ical ▁History ▁of