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David Henry Montgomery (1837-1928) was an American historian and educator, best known for his ‘Leading Facts’ series of textbooks outlining the history of America, France and England. He researched the last of these while on a visit to the United Kingdom, and consulted a dazzling array of primary and secondary sources to “illustrate the great law of national growth, in the light thrown upon it by the foremost English historians.” Short, clear outlines of history reinforced belief in the progress of nations through personal liberty, responsibility and industrial enterprise, in contrast with bloodshed and the glorification of Power. His textbooks were popular in American schools from the 1890s to the 1920s.
