Papers of Werner Jaeger, 1934-1961 (inclusive).

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Papers of Werner Jaeger, 1934-1961 (inclusive).

Includes student papers, manuscripts of addresses, and a few letters. Related publications and manuscripts also available in repository.

1 box of mss.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8182156

Harvard University Archives.

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Jaeger, Werner Wilhelm, 1888-1961

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Werner Wilhelm Jaeger (1888-1961) was born in Lobberich, Rhenish Prussia in the German Empire. He attended school in Lobberich and at the Gymnasium Thomaeum in Kempen. Jaeger studied at the University of Marburg and University of Berlin. He received a Ph.D. from the latter in 1911 for a dissertation on the Metaphysics of Aristotle. His habilitation was on Nemesios of Emesa in 1914. At only 26 years old, Jaeger was called to the professorial chair in Greek at the University of Basel in Switzerlan...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...