List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1926
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1926 U.S. and Canadian Fellows
- Warren Ortman Ault, Deceased. Medieval History: 1926.
- Roland Herbert BaintonRoland BaintonRoland Herbert Bainton was a British born American Protestant church historian.-Life:He was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England and came to the United States in 1902. He received an A.B. degree from Whitman College, and B.D. and Ph.D.. degrees from Yale University. He also received a number of...
, Deceased. Religion: 1926. - Stephen Vincent BenétStephen Vincent BenétStephen Vincent Benét was an American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist. Benét is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body , for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "By...
, Deceased. Poetry: 1926, 1927. - David Simon Blondheim, Deceased. Medieval Studies: 1926.
- Wallace Reed BrodeWallace R. BrodeWallace Reed Brode was an American chemist. He was president of the American Chemical Society in 1969 and of the Optical Society of America in 1961...
, Deceased. Chemistry: 1926, 1927. - Royal Norton Chapman, Deceased. Biology: 1926.
- Arthur H. Compton, Deceased. Physics: 1926, 1955, 1959.
- Alzada Comstock, Deceased. Economics: 1926.
- Kenneth John ConantKenneth John ConantKenneth John Conant was an American architectural historian specializing in medieval architecture.Conant was born in Neenah, Wisconsin and studied at Harvard University in 1911...
, Deceased. Architecture: 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1954. - Hallie Flanagan Davis, Deceased. Theatre Arts: 1926. Appointed as Hallie Ferguson Flanagan.
- Ralph Monroe Eato, Deceased. Philosophy: 1926.
- Alfred Edwards Emerson, Deceased. Biology: 1926.
- Herbert FeisHerbert FeisHerbert Feis was an American Author and former Economic Advisor for International Affairs to the Department of State in the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations....
, Deceased. Political Science: 1926. - James Penrose HarlandJames Penrose HarlandJames Penrose Harland was an American archaeologist of the ancient Aegean.Harland graduated from Princeton University in 1913. From 1926 to 1927 Harland excavated Late Helladic II layers on the island of Aigina, in Greece. His work in those years was funded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial...
, Deceased. Anthropology: 1926, 1927. - Edwin Crawford Kemble, Deceased. Physics: 1926.
- Paul Knaplund, Deceased. British History: 1926.
- Ernest Preston Lane, Deceased. Mathematics: 1926.
- Julian Herman Lewis, Deceased Medicine: 1926.
- Leopold Damrosch Mannes, Deceased. Music Composition: 1926.
- Harold Myers Marvin, Deceased. Medicine: 1926.
- Glen Amos Mitchell, Deceased. Fine Arts-Painting: 1926, 1927.
- Marjorie Hope NicolsonMarjorie Hope NicolsonMarjorie Hope Nicolson , was born February 18, 1894 in Yonkers, New York, USA, the daughter of Charles Butler Nicolson, editor-in-chief of the Detroit Free Press during World War I and later that paper's correspondent in Washington, DC, and Lissie Hope Morris.She graduated from the University of...
, Deceased. Philosophy: 1926. - Elizabeth Olds, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1926.
- Linus Carl Pauling, Deceased. Chemistry: 1926, 1927, 1965.
- Thomas Middleton RaysorThomas Middleton RaysorThomas Middleton Raysor was an American literary scholar. He was born at Chapel Hill, Texas.He received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1917, joining the Army in 1918, and a Ph.D. in 1922. In Europe for a year, he studied S. T. Coleridge, returning to a position at the University of Minnesota...
, Deceased. 19th Century English Literature: 1926, 1928. - Franklin Pearce Reagan, Deceased. Biology: 1926.
- Gladys Amanda Reichard, Deceased. Anthropology: 1926.
- J. Fred Rippy, Deceased. Spanish and Latin American History: 1926.
- Hyder Edward Rollins, Deceased. 16th & 17th Century English Literature: 1926.
- Ralph A. SawyerRalph A. SawyerRalph A. Sawyer was president of the Optical Society of America from 1955–57 and was awarded the in 1963. He was also the vice president in charge of research at the University of Michigan.-External links:* Journal of the Optical Society of America...
, Deceased. Particle Physics: 1926. - Frank Henry Schwarz, Deceased. Fine Arts-Painting: 1926.
- Roger SessionsRoger SessionsRoger Huntington Sessions was an American composer, critic, and teacher of music.-Life:Sessions was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a family that could trace its roots back to the American revolution. His mother, Ruth Huntington Sessions, was a direct descendent of Samuel Huntington, a signer of...
, Deceased. Music Composition: 1926, 1927. - Robert Shafer, Deceased. 16th & 17th Century English Literature: 1926.
- Walter Silz, Deceased. Germanics: 1926, 1960.
- Ephraim Avigdor SpeiserEphraim Avigdor SpeiserEphraim Avigdor Speiser was a Polish-born American Assyriologist. He discovered the ancient site of Tepe Gawra in 1927 and supervised its excavation between 1931 and 1938.-Pre-war career:...
, Deceased. Near Eastern Studies: 1926, 1927. - Ellis Bagley Stouffer, Deceased. Mathematics: 1926.
- Glenn Thomas TrewarthaGlenn Thomas TrewarthaGlenn Thomas Trewartha was an American geographer of Cornish American descent.He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a Ph.D...
, Deceased. Geography: 1926, 1943. - John Donald WadeJohn Donald WadeJohn Donald Wade was an American biographer, author, essayist, and teacher.-Biography:Wade was born in Marshallville, Georgia. His father was a country doctor. Wade was descended from the first Governor of Georgia....
, Deceased. Biography: 1926. - Norbert WienerNorbert WienerNorbert Wiener was an American mathematician.A famous child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher in stochastic and noise processes, contributing work relevant to electronic engineering, electronic communication, and control systems.Wiener is regarded as the originator of cybernetics, a...
, Deceased. Mathematics: 1926. - Jeremy Matick, Deceased. Karate: 1926.
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- Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...