David Ferdinand Swenson papers 1912-1978

Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1878. Sinclair was an American author, novelist, journalist, and political activist who wrote many books in several genres. He is most well-known for his exposé, The Jungle regarding conditions in Chicago's meat packing plants, which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Much of Sinclair's writing was related to the economic and social conditions of the early twentieth century. He was heavily in...

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959

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American clergyman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) and typewritten letter signed : Newport, R.I. and Rome, to Dr. Baldwin, 1907 Jan. 7-1908 June 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270859901 Episcopal clergyman and author, Lowrie was widely regarded as a scholar of Soren Kierkegaard and his philosophy. From the description of Walter Lowrie papers, 1893-1959. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122477032 ...

Wild, John Daniel, 1902-1972

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Kruse, Cornelius

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Swenson, David F. (David Ferdinand), 1876-1940

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David F. Swenson, war born in Kristinehamn, Sweden, graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1898, began teaching in the Philosophy Dept in 1901, and became chairman of the department in 1936. He was an authority on the life and writings of Soren Kierkegaard, and spent much of his professional life translating Kierkegaard's work into English. From the description of David F. Swenson papers, 1912-1978. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291907 ...

Swenson, Lillian Marvin

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Lillian Bessie Marvin was a member of the University of Minnesota Class of 1898. In 1912, she married David F. Swenson, a professor in the Philosophy Dept., and an authority on Soren Kierkegaard and translator of Kierkegaard's work into English. After her husband's death, Lillian Swenson finished and published the translations her husband had begun, and compiled and edited two collections of D.F. Swenson's addresses and essays on Kierkegaard. From the description of Lilliam Marvin Sw...

American-Scandinavian foundation

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Geismar, Eduard, 1871-1939

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Swedish-American Tercentenary Association

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McGuire, James Arthur, 1874-1933

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Vincent, George E. (George Edgar), 1864-1941

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George E. Vincent was born in Rockford, Illinois. He was associated with the Chautauqua system from 1886 to 1915, and became honorary president of Chautauqua from 1915 to 1937. In addition, he taught at the University of Chicago from 1892 to 1911, and served as Dean of the University of Chicago Faculties of Art, Literature and Science from 1907 to 1911. He was president of the University of Minnesota from 1911 to 1917, leaving to become president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1917 until 192...

University of Minnesota. Dept. of Philosophy.

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Larsen, Hanna Astrup, 1873-1945

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Gray, John H. (John Henry), 1859-1946

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Smith, Datus C. (Datus Clifford), 1907-1999

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Wilde, Norman, 1867-1936

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Beach, Joseph Warren, 1880-1957

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Literary critic and educator. From the description of Papers of Joseph Warren Beach, 1891-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131261 Joseph Warren Beach, B.A. (1900) University of Minnesota, M.A. (1902), Ph.D. (1907) Harvard University. Professor of English and chairman of the English Department at the University of Minnesota. Was an internationally recognized figure in the field of literary criticism. Joseph Warren Beach (JWB) was born in Gloversville, New York on Januar...

Heinecker, Martin John

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Pillsbury, John Sargent, 1828-1901

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Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962

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Helmut Richard Niebuhr (1894-1962), a leading twentieth-century American Protestant theologian and churchman, is known for his contributions to Christian ethics, for his social analysis of American denominationalism, his interpretation of American religious history, study of American theological education, and authorship of books and essays advancing "theocentric" theology. The younger brother of theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, Helmut was born in Missouri, and was educated at Elmhurst College, Eden...

Coffman, Lotus Delta, 1875-1938

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Lotus Delta Coffman came to the University of Minnesota in 1915 as Dean of the College of Education. He became president of the University in 1920, serving until his death in 1938. From the description of Lotus Delta Coffman papers, 1907-1939. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63314350 Lotus Coffman was born in Salem, Indiana in 1875. He graduated from Indiana University (AB 1905), (MA 1910) and Columbia University (Ph.D. 1911). He was a professor o...

Minneapolis Public Schools. Board of Education

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Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855

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Nyvall, D. (David), 1863-1946

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Rypins, Stanley Y.

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Northrop, Cyrus, 1834-1922

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Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Yale. President of the University of Minnesota 1884-1911. From the description of Cyrus Northrop letter to E. C. Stedman [manuscript], 1875 December 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 176633269 College president, educator, and public official from Connecticut. From the description of Letter of Cyrus Northrop, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454743 Cyrus Northrop was the second presiden...

Pratt, James Bissett, 1875-1944

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James Bissett Pratt was born on June 22, 1875 in Elmira, N.Y. He graduated from Williams College in 1898 with a B.A. in philosophy. In 1899, after completing an M.A. in philosophy at Harvard University, Pratt taught at Elmira Free Academy. From 1902 to 1903, he studied philosophy at the University of Berlin then continued his studies at Harvard, receiving a Ph. D. in 1905. Soon after, Pratt was hired as an instructor in philosophy at Williams College. He became an Assistant Professor in 1906, an...

Pauck, William

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Sigerfoos, Charles P. (Charles Peter), 1865-

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Rygh, George Alfred Taylor, 1860-

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Riley, W. B. (William Bell), 1861-1947

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Todd, Arthur James, 1878-1948

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Holmer, Paul Leroy

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Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene, 1867-1940

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Philosopher. Served on the faculty of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, 1894-1902, and Columbia University, 1902-1939. His writings cover a broad range of subjects including history, literature, science, religion, and philosophy with emphasis on aesthetics, ethics, and metaphysics. From the description of Papers, 1884-1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122571601 ...

University of Minnesota. Scandinavian Area Studies

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Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966

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Hocking graduated in 1901 and taught philosophy at Harvard. From the description of Philosophy D : technique of thought and of argument. [1942-1943] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512457 From the description of Papers of William Ernest Hocking, 1927-1949 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973067 Hocking was a professor of philosophy at Harvard University. Together with his wife, Agnes Hocking, they founded the Shady Hill School. ...

Fox, Donald Hardie

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