E.S. Sheldon

1851 - 1925, Cambridge, Massachusetts

BiographyLC name authority rec. n86085354
LC Heading: Sheldon, E. S. (Edward Stevens), 1851-1925

Biography:

s. Rev. David Newton and Rachel Hobart (Ripley) S.; brother of Henry Newton S.; A.B., Harvard, 1872; studied Berlin, Paris and Leipzig, 1874-77; m. Catherine Hamlin Hinckley, Apr. 2, 1884. Instr. modern langs., 1877-84, asst. prof. Romance philology, 1884-94, prof., 1894-1921, prof. emeritus, 1921, Harvard U. Fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences. Author: A Short German Grammar, 1879; (with A. C. White) Concordanza delle Opere Italiane in Prosa e del Canzoniere di Dante Alighieri, 1905; revision of etymologies in Webster’s International, 1890, 1900, and New Internat. Dictionary, 1910. Home: Cambridge, Mass. Death: Died Oct. 16, 1925.
("Sheldon, Edward Stevens". 2009. In Marquis Who Was Who in America 1607-1984, MarquisWho'sWho. New Providence: Marquis Who's Who LLC. http://ezproxy.bpl.org/login?. Accessed January 2016. url=http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/marqwas/sheldon_edward_stevens/0)

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