List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1942
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1942 U.S. and Canadian Fellows
- W. H. AudenW. H. AudenWystan Hugh Auden , who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,The first definition of "Anglo-American" in the OED is: "Of, belonging to, or involving both England and America." See also the definition "English in origin or birth, American by settlement or citizenship" in See also...
, Deceased. Poetry: 1942. - Dorothy BakerDorothy Baker-Early life:She was born Dorothy Dodds on April 21, 1907 in Missoula, Montana and raised in California. Baker attended Whittier College, then transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, from which she graduated in 1929...
, Deceased. Fiction: 1942. - Hans BaronHans BaronHans Baron was a German American historian of political thought and literature in the Italian Renaissance. His main contribution to the historiography of the period was to introduce in 1928 the term civic humanism .- Life and career :Born in Berlin of a Jewish family, Baron...
, Deceased Historian, Urbana, Illinois; Distinguished Research Fellow Emeritus, Newberry Library: 1942, 1973. - Stanley BateStanley Bate-Life:Bate received early training in music and had composed two operas by age twenty. He studied under Ralph Vaughan Williams, R.O. Morris, Gordon Jacob, and Arthur Benjamin, and then in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and in Berlin with Paul Hindemith. He wrote incidental music for performances at...
, Deceased. Music Composition: 1942. - Otto BeneschOtto BeneschOtto Benesch was an Austrian art historian. He is considered as a member of the Vienna School of Art History.He was taught by Max Dvořák...
, Deceased. Fine Arts Research: 1942, 1945. - Cameron Booth, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1942.
- Gordon Townsend Bowles, Deceased. Anthropology: 1942.
- Harold Fredrik ChernissHarold F. ChernissHarold Fredrik Cherniss was an expert on the philosophy of Ancient Greece. He wrote several books in the field, and edited and translated works by Plutarch.-Life:...
, Deceased. Classics: 1942. - Robert Taylor Cole, Deceased. Political Science: 1942, 1947.
- Frederick Malcolm Combellack, Professor Emeritus of Greek Literature, University of Oregon: 1942.
- John Thomas CurtisJohn Thomas CurtisJohn Thomas Curtis was an American botanist and plant ecologist. He is particularly known for his lasting contribution to the development of numerical methods in ecology. Together with J...
, Deceased. Biology-Plant Science: 1942, 1956. - Lewis Perry Curtis, Deceased. British History: 1942.
- Hugh Carson Cutler, Deceased. Biology-Plant Science: 1942, 1946.
- Max Harrison Demorest, Deceased. Earth Science: 1942.
- Simon Dworkin, Deceased. Medicine: 1942.
- Dean FausettDean FausettDean Fausett was an American painter.Fausett was born in Price, Utah, in 1913. He studied at Brigham Young University, Beaux Arts Institute of Architectural Education, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and Eastern Illinois University. He is well known for his spectacular paintings of the...
, Deceased. Painter, Dorset, Vermont: 1942, 1943. - Vincent Joseph Flynn, Deceased. Renaissance Studies: 1942.
- Horace Leland Friess, Deceased. Philosophy: 1942.
- Franklin Gary, Deceased. 19th Century English Literature: 1942.
- Robert Gaunt, Deceased. Biochemistry-Molecular Biology: 1942.
- Maxwell David Geismar, Deceased. Literary Criticism: 1942.
- David R. Goddard, Deceased. Plant Science: 1942, 1949.
- James A. C. Grant, Deceased. Political Science: 1942.
- Alexander Greendale, Writer, Brooklyn, New York: 1942.
- Alfred Whitney GriswoldAlfred Whitney GriswoldAlfred Whitney Griswold was an American historian and educator, and President of Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.-Biography:...
, Deceased. U.S. History: 1942. - E. Raymond Hall, Deceased. Biology: 1942.
- Einar Ingvald Haugen, Deceased. Linguistics: 1942.
- Jack H. Hexter, Deceased. British History: 1942, 1947, 1979.
- Joseph HirschJoseph HirschJoseph Hirsch was an American painter.Born in Philadelphia in 1910, Hirsch began his study of art at the Philadelphia Museum when he was seventeen. He also studied privately with Henry Hensche in Provincetown and George Luks in New York City. In addition to formal study, Hirsch traveled...
, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1942, 1943. - Edward Niles Hooker, Deceased. 16th & 17th Century English Literature, 18th Century English Literature. 1942, 1950.
- Charles Leonard HuskinsCharles Leonard HuskinsCharles Leonard Huskins was an English-born Canadian geneticist who specialized in the field of cytogenetics. He is also sometimes referred to as C. Leonard Huskins or C.L. Huskins....
, Deceased. Biochemistry: 1942. - Harold Stein Jantz, Deceased. Germanics: 1942.
- Hans JennyHans Jenny (pedologist)Hans Jenny was a soil scientist and expert on pedology , particularly the processes of soil formation.- Overview :...
, Deceased. Earth Science: 1942, 1954. - Francis Rarick Johnson, Deceased. History of Science: 1942, 1949.
- George Norbert Kates, Deceased.Sinologist: 1942.
- Dong KingmanDong KingmanDong Kingman was a Chinese American artist and one of America's leading watercolor masters. As a painter on the forefront of the California Style School of painting, he was known for his urban and landscape paintings as well as his graphic design work in the Hollywood film industry...
, Painter, New York City: 1942, 1943. - Salvador E. Luria, Deceased. Molecular Biology: 1942, 1963.
- Maynard Mack, Sterling Professor Emeritus of English, Yale University: 1942, 1964, 1982.
- Floyd Alonzo McClure, Deceased. Biology-Plant Science: 1942, 1943.
- Carson McCullersCarson McCullersCarson McCullers was an American writer. She wrote novels, short stories, and two plays, as well as essays and some poetry. Her first novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts of the South...
, Deceased. Fiction: 1942, 1946. - John Charles McKinsey, Deceased. Mathematics: 1942.
- Colin McPheeColin McPheeColin McPhee was a Canadian composer and musicologist. He is primarily known for being the first Western composer to make an ethnomusicological study of Bali, and for the quality of that work...
, Deceased. Music Research: 1942, 1943. - Lloyd Appleton Metzler, Deceased. Economics: 1942.
- Charles William MorrisCharles W. MorrisCharles W. Morris was an American semiotician and philosopher.-Background:A son of Charles William and Laura Morris, Charles William Morris was born on May 23, 1901...
, Deceased. Philosophy: 1942. - Wright MorrisWright MorrisWright Marion Morris was an American novelist, photographer, and essayist. He is known for his portrayals of the people and artifacts of the Great Plains in words and pictures, as well as for experimenting with narrative forms. Wright Morris died April 25, 1998 at the age of 88 years. He is...
, Deceased. Photography; General Non-Fiction: 1942, 1946, 1954. - Justin O'Brien, Deceased. French: 1942.
- Morris Edward OplerMorris Edward OplerMorris Edward Opler , American anthropologist and advocate of Japanese-American civil rights, was born in Buffalo, New York. He was the brother of Marvin Opler, an anthropologist and social psychiatrist....
, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma: 1942. - Jane M. Oppenheimer, Deceased. Biology : 1942, 1952.
- Burrill PhillipsBurrill PhillipsBurrill Phillips was an American composer, teacher, and pianist.-Biography:Phillips studied at the Denver College of Music with Edwin Stringham and at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers.In 1929 he married Alberta Phillips ; they had a daughter, Ann...
, Deceased. Music Composition: 1942, 1961. - Louise Michelle Rosenblatt, Professor Emeritus of English Education, New York University; Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University: 1942.
- Charles Rudy, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1942.
- Richard E. Schultes, Deceased. Biology—Plant Science: 1942.
- Edmund Taite Silk, Dunham Professor Emeritus of the Latin Language and Literature, Yale University: 1942.
- Rolf SingerRolf SingerRolf Singer was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms in the 20th century....
, Deceased. Biology-Plant Science: 1942, 1952. - Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Deceased. Edgar Pierce Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Harvard University: 1942.
- Robert Sidney Smith, Deceased. Economics: 1942.
- Craig R. Thompson, Deceased. Renaissance History: 1942, 1954, 1955, 1968.
- Frank Hawkins Underhill, Deceased. U.S. History: 1942.
- Dixon Wecter, Deceased. U.S. History and American Literature: 1942, 1943.
- Eudora Alice Welty, Writer, Jackson, Mississippi: 1942, 1949.
- Arthur S.P. Woodhouse, Deceased. 16th & 17th Century English Literature: 1942.
- George Zabriskie, Deceased. Poetry: 1942, 1946.
1942 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows
- Arturo Arnáiz y Freg, Deceased. Latin American History: 1942.
- Félix Cernuschi, Deceased. Astronomy-Astrophysics: 1942, 1945.
- Amador Cobas, Deceased. Physics: 1942.
- Raúl Cortés Peña, Graduate Research Professor Emeritus of Entomology, University of Chile: 1942, 1943.
- Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Deceased. Music Composition: 1942, 1946, 1969.
- Antonio Hernández Travieso, Deceased. Biography: 1942, 1943.
- Wigberto Jiménez Moreno, Deceased. Anthropology: 1942.
- Gabriel Fernández LedesmaGabriel Fernández LedesmaGabriel Fernández Ledesma was a Mexican painter, printmaker, sculptor, graphic artist, writer and teacher. He has been described as one of the most prolific artists in Mexican modern art.-Biography:...
, Deceased. General Nonfiction: 1942. - Jaime Lifshitz Gaj, Deceased: 1942, 1943.
- Juan José Lussich Siri, Deceased. Biochemistry: 1942.
- Isabel Pérez Farfante, Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC: 1942, 1943. aka Farfante, Isabel.
- Raúl Alberto Piérola, Deceased Philosophy: 1942.
- Rafael Edmundo Pontis Videla, Retired Professor of Plant Pathology, National University of Cuyo: 1942.
- Fabio Leoni Werneck, Deceased. Biology: 1942, 1943
See also
- 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...