Edward Larrabee Adams
Edward Larrabee Adams (born March 16, 1878 in New York City , † December 3, 1957 in Ann Arbor ) was an American Romanist and Provençalist .
life and work
Adams studied at Harvard University with Charles Hall Grandgent , and from 1902 to 1903 with Gaston Paris in Paris. In 1907 he completed his doctorate with parts of the work Word formation in Provençal (New York 1913, 1967; 607 pages).
His teaching career was entirely at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . There he was Instructor (1904), Assistant Professor (1913), Associate Professor (1921) and from 1928 to 1948 Full Professor at the Department of Romance Languages, where he continued to teach after his retirement.
Adams taught Old Provencal from 1914 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Edward Larrabee Adams in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/edward-larrabee-adams (with picture)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adams, Edward Larrabee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romanist and Provençalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd December 1957 |
| Place of death | Ann Arbor |