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Thomas (CALVIN an American educator)

CALVIN, an American educator; born near Lapeer, Mich., Oct. 28, 1854; was graduated at the University of Michigan in 1874; taught Latin and Greek in the high school of Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1874-1877; was instructor in the University of Michigan in 1878-1881; assistant professor there in 1881-1886, and full Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures in 1886-1896, when he became professor of German at Columbia University. His publications include "A Practical German Grammar"; "Goethe and the Conduct of Life"; "Poetry and Science"; "What is Republicanism?"; "Have We Still Need of Poetry?"; and several editions of standard German works. He assisted in compiling the Standard Dictionary. He died in 1919. an