Franklin, Fabian, 1853-1939

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Fabian Franklin was born in Eger, Hungary on January 18, 1853. He received a PhD in Mathematics from Columbian University (now known as George Washington University) in 1869. After graduation he worked as an engineer and a surveyor for the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railraod and then the City Surveyor's Office in Baltimore before returning to academia. From 1877 to 1895 he was part of the Department of Mathematics at the Johns Hopkins University, starting as a Fellow and working up to full Professor.

In 1895 Franklin decided to leave Hopkins to start a career in journalism. He became the editor of the Baltimore News and kept the position until 1908. He served as associate editor of the New York Evening Post from 1909 until 1917. He also collaborated with Harold de Wolf Fuller as editor of the weekly literature and political publication The Review/The Review and The Independent. Franklin was an active writer, producing books and articles in many journals and newspapers. Professor Franklin was married to Christine Ladd -Franklin, a professor of psychology and logic at Columbia University. She died in 1930.

From the description of Notebook, ca. 1890. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 123945644

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referencedIn Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau), 1831-1924. Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve papers, 1847-1925. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Ladd-Franklin, Christine, 1847-1930. Christine Ladd Franklin and Fabian Franklin papers, ca. 1900-1939. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Locke, L. Leland (Leslie Leland), b. 1875,. Notes of an elementary course in the theory of equations, 1897. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf Locke, L. Leland (Leslie Leland), b. 1875,. Analytic geometry, 1897. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Harold Phelps Stokes papers, 1908-1969 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Franklin, Fabian, 1853-1939. Notebook, ca. 1890. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
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correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
associatedWith Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau), 1831-1924. person
associatedWith Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 person
associatedWith Ladd-Franklin, Christine, 1847-1930. person
associatedWith Stokes, Harold Phelps, 1887-1970. person
correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
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Birth 1853

Death 1939-01-09

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