Word: historian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...literary historian, Professor Vietor's published work deals chiefly with the eighteenth and nineteenth century. His books include a study of Holderlin's lyrics (1921), a "History of the German Ode" (1923), and an important monograph on "The Young Goethe...
...outbreak of the Franco rebellion last summer, Ortega added his signature to a proclamation of loyalty to the Government. Later, a sick man, he left his war-torn country for neutral France. The essays in his book were all written before the Spanish civil war began, but this historian's-eye-view reveals an even grimmer prospect than appears in current headlines and newsreels...
...nearby grassy bluff. Mr. Shinn squatted, found himself on a rock, lifted it, saw a dingy piece of metal. He rubbed off the dirt, managed to decipher the word "Drake," took his find to University of California's History Professor Herbert E. Bolton. Last week the historian announced himself satisfied that it was indeed the claim plate posted by Drake 357 years ago. Sold to the California Historical Society for a reputed $2,000, the plaque will be presented to University of California, hung where all who pass may read...
...memoir of the author's historian husband and of her father, famed Southern author George W. Cable, whose Civil War novel Dr. Sevier has been cited as a forerunner of Gone With The Wind...
Thanks to Mrs. Charles Warren, the wife of the eminent historian of the Supreme Court. Harvard will be able to experiment in the next five years with a simple educational project which has many interesting angles and potentialities. In his tercentenary address last September President Conant suggested that one of the roles of the American university might be to foster a more general understanding and appreciation of our national culture. A few weeks ago, in his annual report, he announced that an opportunity for voluntary study in American history would soon be made available to undergraduates concentrating in other fields...