Casimir Douglas Zdanowicz, Sr.
Casimir Douglas Zdanowicz, Sr. (born February 22, 1851 in Alsace , † October 3, 1889 in Nashville ) was an American German and Romance studies of Polish-French origin.
life and work
Zdanowicz Senior, son of an emigrated Polish nobleman and his German wife, grew up in Alsace and, from the age of 12, in Paris. He became a journalist and came to New York as such, but returned to France in 1870 for military service in the Franco-Prussian War and fought under Charles Denis Bourbaki . After the war he taught in Paris but moved back to the United States , married in Gallatin, Tennessee, and taught at Kentucky Wesleyan College in Millersburg, then at Shorter College (now Shorter University) in Rome, Georgia . From 1886 until his untimely death (from typhus) in 1889 he was professor of modern foreign languages (German and French) at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. There are no independent publications.
Casimir Douglas Zdanowicz, Sr. was the father of the Romanist Casimir Douglass Zdanowicz, Jr. , with whom he should not be confused.
literature
- (Obituary by William Malone Baskervill) in: Modern Language Notes 1889, columns 517-518.
Web links
- https://discoverarchive.vanderbilt.edu/bitstream/handle/1803/3545/zdanowicz_casimir.pdf?sequence=1 (biographical note)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zdanowicz, Casimir Douglas senior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American German studies and Romance studies of Polish-French origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alsace |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1889 |
| Place of death | Nashville |