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List of American Students at the University of Leipzig, 1781 to 1914 American Students at the University of Leipzig, 1781-1914 Compiled by Anja Werner, [email protected] Last updated on June 5, 2013. This alphabetical list was taken from the register of the University of Leipzig, which is preserved at the Leipzig University Archives (LUA). It contains the names and registration information of American students between 1781 and 1914. Included are hearers and visitors who were traced in secondary sources, foreigners who were traced as regular students, and women whose names were found in the Leipzig hearer list, in the folders on female students, and in secondary sources. Some entries contain cross-references to other Leipzig-Americans and to Halle- Americans to highlight networking connections. The names that women acquired through marriage are added in square brackets; for the most part, women are listed under their maiden names. Biographical Information was added when available; abbreviated references refer to the bibliography (see also below) and list of dissertations of Leipzig Americans in the Transatlantic World of Higher Education. Dissertations typically contain brief vitas. Entries appear as they were, that is, as a mixture of German and Englis. Obvious spelling mistakes were corrected, information to some extent standardized, and contradictory additional information added in square brackets. In cases when students registered more than once, the information was molded into one entry. Abbreviations of Frequently-Used General Reference Works Albisetti Albisetti, Schooling German Girls and Women. ANB Garraty and Carnes, general eds, American National Biography. NAW James et al., eds., Notable American Women, 1607-1950. Appointment Card Appointment Card [name of faculty member], Columbia Univ NY. Baldwin, ed., Baldwin, ed., “In Memory of Wilhelm Wundt,” 280-308. Brüning Brüning, Humanistische Tradition und Progressives Erbe. Buchloh Buchloh and Rix, American Colony of Göttingen. Bünning Bünning, Wilhelm Pfeffer. Deceased Alumni Files 41/2/877 Deceased Alumni Files 41/2/877, [student name and possibly year of graduation], Cornell Kroch. DSB Gillispie, ed. in chief, Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Faculty Biographical File Faculty Biographical File [name of faculty member], Cornell Kroch. HUG 300 HUG 300 Biographical Folder [name and possibly year of graduation], HUA Pusey. Krumpelmann Krumpelmann, “The American Students of Heidelberg University 1830-1870,” 167-184. Lord Lord, A History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Grossbothen Mitteilungen der Wilhelm-Ostwald-Gesellschaft zu Großbothen e.V. […]. Necrology File Necrology File [name of student], UM Bentley. Parshall and Hunger Parshall and Rowe, The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community. Quinquennial The Quinquennial Catalogue of Harvard University 1636-1930. Sandys Sandys, A History of Classical Scholarship, vol. 3. Schorn-Schütte Schorn-Schütte, Karl Lamprecht. Schröer Schröer, Carl Ludwig. “Schüler Wilhelm Pfeffers” “Die Schüler Wilhelm Pfeffers.” Shumway Shumway, “The American Students of the University of Göttingen,” 171-254. Singer Singer, Adventures Abroad. Servos Servos from Ostwald to Pauling, 54-55. (His dates are imprecise, though). Tinker Tinker, “Wundt’s Doctorate Students and Their Theses 1875-1920,” 269-276. Todte Todte, Georg Voigt (1827-1891). Wunderlich Wunderlich, Rudolf Leuckart. 2 List of American Students (Alphabetical Order) Name; date of enrollment; # registration number; place of birth; birthdates or age upon enrollment; religion; father’s profession; education; field of studies. Career information. Miscellaneous. Sources. Abbot [Michael], Helen; 1887 (visitor); 1857-1904; Women’s Med Coll Philadelphia, Tufts; plant chem. 1887 eighth woman elected to American Philos Society; at Leipzig met Wislicenus, Gruber, Meyer, Strohmann, Pfeffer. Singer, 113-115. Abbot, Frank H.; 2 May 1900; #929; Bellevue, VA; 22; Prot; Lehrer an einer Hochschule; fall 1899/1900 Göttingen (mod philol); phil (mod philol). Spr 1900-fall 1901/02 member Amer Stud Club Leipzig, spr 1901 secretary-treasurer. Shumway, 240. Abbot, Griffith E.; 5 May 1874; #932; Philadelphia; 24; Prot; Privatier; Erlangen; chem. Abel, John Jacob 21 Oct 1884; #1418; Cleveland, O; 19 May 1857-26 May 1938; Prot; Landwirth; 1883 Ph.B. Univ Mich (Literary Dept), 1883-84 Grad Johns Hopkins (biology), 1884-91 Leipzig + Strasburg + Heidelberg + Vienna + Bern + Würzburg + Berlin, 1888 MD Strasburg; med. 1890-91 Lectr 1891-93 Prof Materia Medica + Therapeutics Univ Mich, 1893-? Prof Pharmacology Johns Hopkins. With F. P. Mall and W. H. Welch at Leipzig; married Mary Hinman in summer 1883. DSB, vol I, 9-12. ANB 34-35. Necrology File. Schröer, 287. Parascondola, The Development of American Pharmacology. Johns Hopkins Half-Century Directory (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ., 1926), 1. Bickel, Die Entwicklung zur experimentellen Pharmakologie 1790-1850, 117. Sollmann, “John Jacob Abel, Pre-Hopkins Years,” 297-328. Lamson, “John Jacob Abel. A Portrait,” 119-157. Abel, Joseph Paul; 19 Oct 1875; #1117; Paris [fatherland is America]; 19; Prot; Prof; Heidelberg; law. Adams, George Burton; 30 Oct 1885; #1861; Fairfield St.; 34; Prot; Pfarrer; Jena; phil. 3 Adams, Harry B.; 2 May 1884; #902; Cleveland; 21; Baptist; Kaufmann; Gambier; chem. Adams, John Jr.; 17 Nov 1908; #246; Reading, Mass; 26; Prot Ref; Minister; 1904-08 Harvard Coll; nat sci. HUG 300. Adank, Edward G.; 25 Oct 1895; #1584; Evansville; 24; Prot; Kaufman; Ind Univ; philos. Adler, Edward Daniel; 13 Nov 1872, 27 May 1875; #163, #1040; Milwaukee; 20, 22; Jüdische; Kaufman; Breslau, Berlin; law. Akeley, Lewis Ellsworth; 20 Oct 1890; #1355; Clarendon Orleans County, NY; 29; Prot Baptist; Farmer living; Vermillion SD, spr 1890 Göttingen (not matriculated); chem. Univ teacher SD. Fall 1890/91-spr 1891 member Amer Stud Club Leipzig. Grossbothen, vol. 7, no. 2, (2002), 26. Shumway, 228. Alberg, F. F. D.; 24 Nov 1872; #257; Columbus, O; 23; ---; Richter; Columbus O; law. Allen, Ford; 25 Apr 1899; #819; Lafayette; 32; Prot; Professor; Chicago; phil. Allen, Frederic DeForest; 4 Nov 1868; #35; Oberlin, O; 25 May 1844-4 Aug 1897; Prot; Lehrer; 1863 AB 1866 AM Oberlin, 1870 Ph.D. Leipzig (Curtius); (philos) cam. 1866-68 + 1870-73 Prof Gk + Lat Univ Tenn Knoxville, 1873-74 Tutor Harvard, 1874-79 Prof Ancient Lang + Comp Philol Univ Cinn, 1879-80 Prof Gk Lang + Lit Yale, 1880-97 Prof Class Philol Harvard, 1885-86 Dir Amer S Class Stud Athens Greece. Knew T. D. Seymour; inspired C. F. Smith to go to Leipzig. Sandys, 459-460. Quinquennial, 40. Lord, 343, 358. See his dissertation. Allen, Freeman; 16 Oct 1894; #1059; Stockbridge, Mass; 27 Sept 1870-3 May 1930; Episcopal Anglican Ch; Pfarrer; 1893 AB 1899 MD Harvard; med. 1912-16 Lectr 1916-22 Instr Anaesthesia Harvard Med S. He was a grandson of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Quinquennial, 40, 357. HUG 300. Allen, John H.; 15 Oct 1884; #1164; Hartland, Vt; 40; Prot; Farmer; Amerika; theol + phil. Allen, Orville; 16 May 1903; #1250; Waddington, NY; 30; Prot; Pastor; Boston; philos. Spr 1903 member Amer Stud Club Leipzig. 4 Allen, Walter Spooner; 20 Oct 1879; #1248; New Bedford, Mass; 16 Jul 1858-?; Evang; Rentier; 1879 BS MIT (chem), 1881 Harvard; chem. 1882-85 Instr MIT, 1886-94 ? MIT, 1892-95 Bay States Gas Comp. Alumni Register of the MIT (1967), 416, 452. 25th Anniversary Catalogue of the MIT Class of 1879 (1904), 26, MIT Archives. Allen, William; 13 Nov 1896; #192; LeRoy; 22; Prot; Kaufmann; Leipzig; cam. Allinger, Heinrich Wesley; 18 Apr 1906; #427; Alma, Kansas; 28; Prot; Farmer; Berlin; philol. Altschul, Arthur; 21 Apr 1885; #325; Dresden [fatherland is America]; 18; dissident; Kaufmann; Dresden; phil. Ames, Herman Vandenburg; 15 Oct 1894; #975; Lancaster; 7 Aug 1865-7 Feb 1935; Prot; Pastor †; 1888 AB Amherst, 1888/89 Grad Columbia, 1890 AM 1891 Ph.D. Harvard, since 1891 Heidelberg; philos. 1890/91 Fellow in Const Law Harvard, 1891-93 Instr Hist 1893-94 Act Asst Prof Amer Hist Univ Mich, 1896-97 Asst Prof Hist Ohio State Univ, 1897-1908 Instr, Asst Prof Amer Const Hist 1907-28 Prof Amer Const Hist, Dean of Grad S Univ Penn. Quinquennial, 647. Necrology File. HUG 300. Amsorg [?], Arthur; 20 Oct 1873; #1229; St. Louis; 18; [?]; Kaufman; St. Louis; philol. Anderson, George B.; 30 Oct 1890; #1914; Raleigh, NC; 28; Evang; General; Berlin; phil. Andrews, Eleanor Anne; fall 1902; 1898 MA Univ Penn; philos (Witkowski). Acta, Zulassung weiblicher Personen zum Besuche von Vorlesungen an der Universität Leipzig betr., Rep. II/IV, Nr. 60 Bd. 3, microfilm 429, 0255 [54] + 0260 [59]. Biographical Folder Eleanor Anne Fyfe Andrews, UP Archives. Andrews, Frank Marion; 15 Oct 1900; #1214; Vienna [Bloomington, Ind]; 28; Presbyt; Schifbauer [sic] †; 1894 BA 1895 MA Univ Ind, 1901/02 Ph.D. Leipzig (Peffer; Fischer, Chun, Credner); nat sci (botany). 1894 Asst 1897 Instr 1900-02 sabbatical Univ Ind. Fall 1900/01 + fall 1901/02 member Amer Stud Club Leipzig. “Schüler Wilhelm Pfeffers,” 805. See his dissertation. Andrews, Llewellyn H.; 18 Oct 1909; #1643; Dalton, Mass; 24; Prot; Pastor; Dalton; philol. 5 Angell, Frank; 25 Oct 1887; #1659; Washington, DC; 1857-2 Nov 1939; Prot; Fabrikant; BS Univ Vermont, Würzburg, 1891 Ph.D. Leipzig (Wundt); philos. 1891-92 Asst Prof Psychology Cornell, 1892-1923 Prof Psychology + Head Dept Stanford. At Leipzig with E. B. Titchener, E. A. Pace, E. W. Scripture, J. L. Steffens, L. Witmer; spr 1890-fall 1890/91 member of Amer Stud Club Leipzig; he provided his cousin J. R. Angell with a letter of recommendation to Wundt; he was prominent in Stanford Athletics. Faculty Biographical File. Waterman Thomas Hewett, Cornell University. A History, Vol. 2 (New York: University Publishing Society, 1905); 84-5. Tinker, 273. Baldwin, ed., 164-166. Angell, James Rowland; summer 1892 (visit); 8 May 1869-4 Mar 1949; James Burrill Angell is President of Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor; 1890 AB 1891 AM Univ Mich, 1892 AM Harvard, Vienna, Paris, Halle, Berlin. 1893 Instr Philosophy Univ Minnesota, 1894-1906 Asst Prof/Assoc Prof 1905-19 Prof + Head Dept Psychology 1894-1901 Dir Psychological Lab 1911-19 Senior Dean 1918-19 Acting Pres Univ Chicago, 1921-37 14th Pres Yale.
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