. History of the University of Michigan . ntry, and heldthat position till 1865. He was wounded in theline of duty and lost a leg. In April, 1863, he wasmarried to Cornelia E. Robinson, and there are fourchildren: Luella May, Gertrude Belle ( 18S9,Mrs. Louis C. Hill), Carlton Raymond ( 1S94, 1S96), and Bertha Isadore (Mrs. Cassius ). BENJAMIN CHAPMAN BURT was bornat Bridgeton, Indiana, June 2, 1852, son of JamesGordon and Maria Sophia (Fuller) liurt. His an-cestors were among the early English settlers ofConnecticut. He received his preparatory educa-tion in the public
. History of the University of Michigan . ntry, and heldthat position till 1865. He was wounded in theline of duty and lost a leg. In April, 1863, he wasmarried to Cornelia E. Robinson, and there are fourchildren: Luella May, Gertrude Belle ( 18S9,Mrs. Louis C. Hill), Carlton Raymond ( 1S94, 1S96), and Bertha Isadore (Mrs. Cassius ). BENJAMIN CHAPMAN BURT was bornat Bridgeton, Indiana, June 2, 1852, son of JamesGordon and Maria Sophia (Fuller) liurt. His an-cestors were among the early English settlers ofConnecticut. He received his preparatory educa-tion in the public schools of Terre Haute, Indiana,and at the Indiana State Normal School. He thenentered the University of Micliigan, where he wasgraduated Bachelor of Arts in 1875 and Master ofArts in 1879. From 1875 to 1878 he taught read- 346 UNIVERSITT OF MICHIGAN ing in the State Normal School of Indiana, and in1880-18S1 he was Fellow in Philosophy in JohnsHopkins University. From 1S81 to 1S87 he wasAssistant Professor of English and Rhetoric in the. BENJAllIN LHAliMAN Ellkr University of Michigan. He was Docciit in Philos-ophy at Clark University in 1S89-1S91). In 1894he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy onexamination at the University of Michigan. Duringthe year 1894-1895 he was Professor ad interim ofPhilosophy and Pedagogy at the University of Colo-rado. Since 1896 he has been joint agent of theChicago and Northwestern and the Atchison, To-peka, and Santa Il^ Railways, and of the Americanand Wells-Fargo Express companies, at Superior,Nebraska. He is author of A Ikief History ofGreek Philosopliy (18S9), and a History ofModern Philosophy (2 \o\%., 1892). He pub-lished a translation of Erdmanns Grundriss derGeschichte der Philosophic des Neunzehnten Jahr-hunderts (1891), and of the same authors Metaphysik (1896). In 1892 he brought outa translation of Hegels Rechts-, Pflichten-, undReligionslehre. He has also contributed a numberof articles to the philosophical journal
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