George Herbert Palmer

Anne Whitney, Relief of George H. Palmer, 1896, Davis Museum, Wellesley College

George Herbert Palmer (March 9, 1842 – May 8, 1933) was an American scholar and author. He was a graduate, and then professor at Harvard University.

Early life

Palmer was born in Boston. He attended Phillips Academy, Andover, and in 1864 he graduated at Harvard College, to which he returned, after study at Tübingen, Germany, and at Andover Theological Seminary, to be tutor in Greek.

Career

He became Alford professor of natural religion, moral philosophy, and civil polity at Harvard (1889–1913). While at Harvard, Professor Palmer lived in Dana-Palmer House, which now bears his name. Professor Palmer received honorary degrees from the University of Michigan, Union, Dartmouth, Western Reserve, and Harvard.

Personal life

Daniel Chester French, Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial, Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College

In 1887, he married, as his second wife, Alice Freeman Palmer.

Bibliography

• Translation of The Odyssey (1884) (see English translations of Homer#Palmer)
• The New Education (1887)
• The Glory of the Imperfect (1898)
• Self-Cultivation in English (1897)
• The Field of Ethics (1901)
• The Nature of Goodness (1904)
• The Life and Works of George Herbert (three volumes, 1905)
• The Teacher (1908)
• The Life of Alice Freeman Palmer (1908)
• Intimations of Immortality in the Sonnets of Shakespeare (1912)
• Trades and Professions (1914)

See also

• American philosophy
• List of American philosophers

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Works by George Herbert Palmer at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about George Herbert Palmer at Internet Archive