Charles George Herbermann
Charles George Herbermann | |
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Born | Saerbeck, Prussia | 8 December 1840
Died | 24 August 1916 New York, New York | (aged 75)
Burial place | Calvary Cemetery |
Education | College of St. Francis Xavier |
Occupation(s) | Educator, historian |
Charles George Herbermann (8 December 1840 – 24 August 1916) was a German-American professor and historian.
Biography
Charles George Herbermann was born in Saerbeck near Münster, Westphalia, Prussia on 8 December 1840, the son of George Herbermann and Elizabeth Stipp.[1] He arrived in the United States in 1851, and seven years later graduated at College of St. Francis Xavier, New York City. He was appointed professor of Latin language and Literature (1869-1914) and librarian (1873-1914) at the College of the City of New York. For more than 50 years, he was immersed amidst various issues involved with Catholicism. He was president of the Catholic Club (1874–75) and of the United States Catholic Historical Society (1898–1913). He became editor in chief of the Catholic Encyclopedia in 1905.[1] He translated Torfason's History of Vinland and wrote Business Life in Ancient Rome (1880).
He died at his home in Manhattan on 24 August 1916, and was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Queens.[2]
References
- ^ a b The Catholic Encyclopedia and its makers, 1917. p. 76, 'The making of the Catholic Encyclopedia', p. iv et seq.
- ^ "Dr. C. G. Herbermann, Noted Scholar, Dies". The New York Times. 25 August 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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