Wernaer, Robert M. (Robert Maximilian), 1865-

Wernaer taught German at Harvard.

Robert Maximilian Wernaer (1865-1951) was born in Jena, Germany in 1865, the son of Anton Ottomar and Alvine Peisker Ottomar. He was educated at preparatory schools and gymnasia in Germany and came to the United States in 1884. He received an LL.B. in 1887 from the Albany Law School and in 1889 he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Brooklyn and New York City from 1889 to 1896. In 1899 he was received an A.B. from Harvard College, an A.M. in 1900 and a Ph.D. in 1903. He was an instructor of German at Harvard from 1901-1903, at the University of Wisconsin from 1904-1905, at Harvard again from 1905-1906, and a lecturer at Harvard in German literature in 1908. He was an assistant professor of German at Simmons College from 1920-1921.

Robert Maximilian Wernaer (18-65-1951) was born in Jena, Germany in 1865, the son of Anton Ottomar and Alvine Peisker Ottomar. He was educated at preparatory schools and gymnasia in Germany and came to the United States in 1884. He received an LL.B. in 1887 from the Albany Law School and in 1889 he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Brooklyn and New York City from 1889 to 1896. In 1899 he was received an A.B. from Harvard College, an A.M. in 1900 and a Ph.D. in 1903. He was an instructor of German at Harvard from 1901-1903, at the University of Wisconsin from 1904-1905, at Harvard again from 1905-1906, and a lecturer at Harvard in German literature in 1908. He was an assistant professor of German at Simmons College from 1920-1921.

He married Esther Upham Farr in 1891 (d. 1919) and married his second wife in 1930, Maud May Parker (d. 1943). Wernaer died in 1951.