Calvin Thomas
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Calvin Thomas, A.M., LL.D. (1854-1919) was an American scholar who served as professor of Germanic languages and literature at Columbia University. He was born near Lapeer Mich., graduated at the University of Michigan in 1874, studied in Europe at Leipzig, and afterwards became a member of the faculty at the University of Michigan. From 1886-96 he was professor of Germanic languages at the University of Michigan, then filled the same chair at Columbia University. Professor Thomas was president of the Modern Language Association of America in 1896-97, and of the American Dialect Society in 1912-13. He edited Faust (part i, 1892; part ii, 1897), Hermann und Dorothea (1891), Torquato Tasso (1888), and An Anthology of German Literature. His writings include:
- A Practical German Grammar (1895; fourth edition, revised, 1905)
- Goethe and the Conduct of Life (1886)
- The Life and Works of Schiller (1901)
- A History of German Literature (1909)
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