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

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Dates:

Birth 1865

Language: English, German,

Biographical notes:

Wernaer taught German at Harvard.

From the description of Papers of Robert Wernaer, 1912?-1949 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973210

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.

From the description of Robert Maximilian Wernaer papers, 1905-1949. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612871886

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.

Die Einfühlung und das Symbol, 1906. Das ästhetische Symbol, 1906. Romanticism and the romantic school in Germany, 1910. New constructive criticism, 1911. The soul of America, 1917. The scholar in our universities, 1926. The proposal for a society of scholars, 1932.

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.

From the guide to the Robert Maximilian Wernaer papers, 1905-1949., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)