Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926
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Newbold, Wm. Romaine 1865-1926
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Romaine Newbold, William 1865-1926
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Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1887, and subsequently pursued graduate work there in philosophy, earning a Ph.D. in 1891; taught at Penn from around 1892, becoming a full professor in 1903; in 1907 named the Adam Seybert Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, a position he held until his death.
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, William Romaine Newbold graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1887, and subsequently earned his Ph.D. there, in 1891, with a dissertation entitled: Prolegomena to a theory of belief; during his years of graduate study he was an instructor in Latin at the Cheltenham Military Academy. In 1891-1892 he studied abroad, mainly at the University of Berlin. Upon his return, he was a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1894. He served as dean of the Graduate School from 1896 to 1904. He was appointed a full professor of philosophy in 1903, and in 1907 was named the Adam Seybert Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, a position he held until his death. Newbold's wide-ranging scholarly interests included Greek philosophy; early Christianity; medieval philosophy and science; and the field of antiquities generally. In a famous instance, in 1921, he presented a theory for the decipherment of a coded text known as the Voynich Manuscript, which he believed to have been written by Roger Bacon; however, that analysis by Newbold was refuted in 1931.
Appointed full professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania in 1903; served as dean of the Graduate School from 1896 to 1904; in 1907 named the Adam Seybert Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, a position he held until his death.
Professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania; in 1907 named the Adam Seybert Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, a position he held until his death.
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