List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1925
Fifteen American scholars and artists, including one woman and one Black man, were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1925.[1][2] This was the inaugural year of this award and was given by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.[3] Composer Aaron Copland was the only recipient not to have a college degree.[4]
Fellows
Category | Field of Study | Fellow | Institutional association | Research topic | Notes | Ref |
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Creative Arts | Musical Composition | Aaron Copland | Composing | Also won in 1926 | [5][4] | |
Humanities | British History | Violet Barbour | Vassar College | Period of the Protectorate and the Restoration | Also won in 1926 | [6][4][7] |
Classics | Allen Brown West | University of Pennsylvania | Tribute Records of the ancient Athenian Empire | Also won in 1926 | [4][8] | |
English Literature | Harold William Thompson | New York State College for Teachers | Biography | Also won in 1927 | [4] | |
General Nonfiction | Isaac Fisher | Fisk University | Interracial relations in the United States and abroad | Also won in 1926 | [6][3][4] | |
Medieval Literature | Clark Harris Slover | University of Chicago | History of literature | Also won in 1931 | [4] | |
Renaissance History | Merritt Yerkes Hughes | University of California | Literature of the Italian Renaissance and its effect on English literature of the 16th century | [9][4][10] | ||
Natural Science | Chemistry | Gerhard Krohn Rollefson | University of California | Physical chemistry | [11][4][10] | |
Mathematics | John Robert Kline | University of Pennsylvania | Analysis situs of three dimensions from a point set standpoint | [4][12] | ||
Medicine and Health | Edwin William Schultz | Leland Stanford Junior University | Processes by which bacteria are destroyed by various agencies | [4][10] | ||
Neuroscience | Percival Bailey | Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School | Diseases of the nervous system | [2][4][8] | ||
Plant Sciences | Gordon Floyd Ferris | Leland Stanford Junior University | Scientific trip to Mexico, Central, and South America | [4][10] | ||
Social Sciences | Political Science | Quincy Wright | University of Chicago | International law | [13][4] | |
Psychology | Coleman Griffith | University of Illinois | Child psychology | [4] | ||
Religion | Kenneth James Saunders | Pacific School of Religion | Oriental religions | Also won in 1926 | [4][10] |
See also
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1926
References
- ^ "1925". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16.
- ^ a b "In the Graduate Schools". The Crimson. 1925-06-01. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ a b "Negro awarded Guggenheim Fellowship". The Monitor. Omaha, Nebraska, USA. 1925-06-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "15 fellowships are awarded". York Daily Record. York, Pennsylvania, USA. 1925-06-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Guggenheim Fellowship (1925-1929)". University of Washington. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ a b Miranda, Carolina A. (2018-04-05). "Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announces new fellows". LA Times. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ "Two professors on Vassar faculty sail for Europe for advanced study". Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. 1925-06-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Boston man chosen". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 1925-06-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Merritt Yerkes Hughes". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ a b c d e "Fellowships are awarded local educators". The Peninsula Times Tribune. Palo Alto, California, USA. 1925-06-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Stewart, T.D.; Connick, R.E.; Powell, R.E. (2020-03-31). "Gerhard Krohn Rollefson". UC Berkeley. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ "European fellowship for Prof. John R. Kline". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. 1925-06-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fellowship for Professor Quincy Wright". The American Journal of International Law. 19 (3). Cambridge University Press: 581–583. 1925.
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