Adolphe Erich Meyer

Adolphe Erich Meyer (born October 15, 1897 in New York City , New York , † September 30, 1988 in Champaign , Illinois ) was an American educator , historian and writer .

Life

Family and education

After graduating from high school, Adolphe Erich Meyer, son of Adolphe Meyer and his wife Frieda nee Schelker, turned to studying history , German and pedagogy at New York University , in 1921 he obtained the academic degree of Bachelor of Science , 1922 those of a Master of Arts , in 1926 he became Doctor of Philosophy PhD .

Adolphe Erich Meyer married Margaret Holt McDonald in 1924. From this connection came the children Margaret Patricia and Adolphe Erich junior. After the death of his first wife, he married Jessie Bryant in 1942. He died in Champaign at the end of September 1988 at the age of 90. He found his final resting place in Oaklawn Cemetery in Richland , Missouri .

Professional background

In 1922, Adolphe Erich Meyer took a position as an instructor for German at New York University. Since 1928 he acted as an instructor for educational science , in 1930 he was appointed assistant professor and in 1934 associate professor . In 1948 Adolphe Erich Meyer was given the professorship for the history of education , in 1963 he retired . Meyer then worked from 1965 to 1967 as a visiting professor of educational history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and from 1967 to 1968 as a Distinguished Professor of educational history at Old Dominion University in Norfolk , Virginia .

Adolphe Erich Meyer, who was elected a member of the Authors League of America, the Phi Delta Kappa, the Kappa Delta Pi and the Kappa Phi Kappa, stood out in particular through his papers on his subject. He was also used as an educational advisor for various publications.

Fonts

• author
• German for reviews. Globe Co., New York, 1927
• Education in modern times. Avon Press, New York, 1930
• John Dewey and modern education, and other essays . Avon Press, New York, 1931
• Modern European educators and their work. Prentice Hall, New York, 1934
• The development of education in the twentieth century. Prentice Hall, New York, 1939
• Voltaire : man of justice. Howell, Soskin, New York, 1945
• The development of education in the twentieth century. 2d ed, in: Prentice-Hall education series., Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1949
• An educational history of the Western World. in: McGraw-Hill series in education., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1965
• An educational history of the American people. 2d ed, in: McGraw-Hill series in education., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1967
• Grandmasters of educational thought. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1975
• translator
• together with Herman Bernstein: The phantom lover, a play in three acts, by Georg Kaiser . Brentano’s , New York, 1928

literature

• New York University. School of Education: New York University Bulletin. NY University, New York, 1940, p. 24.
• Library of Congress: The National union catalogs, 1963-: A cumulative author list representing Library of Congress printed cards and titles reported by other American libraries. : volume 63. Rowman and Littlefield, New York, 1964, p. 308.
• Who's Who in America: a biographical dictionary of notable living men and women. : volume 33 (1964-1965). Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1964, p. 1379.
• The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Propaedia. in: The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc .: volume 30, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chicago [u. a.], 1997, ISBN 0-8522-9633-9 , pp. 533, 690.

Web links

• Adolphe Erich Meyer in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Adolphe Erich Meyer on the Prabook.org website