. History of the University of Michigan . early education was had in thepublic schools, from which he passed to SpicelandAcademy, Indiana, where he was graduated in had already taught two winters in the districtschools. In 1879 he entered the University ofMichigan, where he received the degree of Bachelorof Philosophy in 1885. During the year 1881-1882he was Principal of the High School at Newcastle,Indiana. Immediately after his graduation at AnnArbor he was appointed Principal of the East Sagi-naw High School, where he remained six resigned this position in 1S91 to take up g
. History of the University of Michigan . early education was had in thepublic schools, from which he passed to SpicelandAcademy, Indiana, where he was graduated in had already taught two winters in the districtschools. In 1879 he entered the University ofMichigan, where he received the degree of Bachelorof Philosophy in 1885. During the year 1881-1882he was Principal of the High School at Newcastle,Indiana. Immediately after his graduation at AnnArbor he was appointed Principal of the East Sagi-naw High School, where he remained six resigned this position in 1S91 to take up grad-uate study at Harvard University. In 1892 he became Instructor in Physics at the University of He then proceeded to Harvard University, whereMichigan. He was advanced to the rank of Assist- he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1S93ant Professor in 1894 and in 1S99 to that of Junior and of Master of Arts in 1S94. The year 1894-Professor of Physics. In 1905 he was made Pro- 1895 was spent in further graduate study at WESLEY KOCH THE UNIVERSITY SENATE 325 Having become interested in the study of Dante, hewas invited in 1895 ^o take charge of the WillardFiske Dante Collection at Cornell University. Hespent the next five years in compiling an annotatedcatalogue of this collection, which was published intwo quarto volumes (189S-1900) and which wonhigh praise at home and abroad for its accuracy andthoroughness. In connection with his labors onthis catalogue he published several cognate studies asfollows : Dante in America ; a Historical and Bibli-ographical Study (1S96) ; The Growth and Im-portance of the Cornell Dante Collection (1900); Hand-List of Framed Reproductions of Picturesand Portraits belonging to the Cornell Dante Collec-tion (1900); A List of Danteiana in AmericanLibraries, supplementing the Catalogue of the Cor-nell Collection (1901). After the completion of hiswork at Cornell University he went to Europe forfurther study, and passed the
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