William Henry Carpenter (philologist)
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William Henry Carpenter (1853, Utica, N. Y.
-1936) was an American
philologist.
He was educated at Cornell
, Johns Hopkins
, Leipzig
, and Freiburg
universities. He became the provost
of Columbia University
and was chosen vice-president of the Germanistic Society of America. His publications include:
Among his students in Germanics were linguist Edward Sapir
.
Utica, New York
Utica is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 62,235 at the 2010 census, an increase of 2.6% from the 2000 census....
-1936) was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
philologist.
He was educated at Cornell
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
, Leipzig
University of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
, and Freiburg
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...
universities. He became the provost
Provost (education)
A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
of Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and was chosen vice-president of the Germanistic Society of America. His publications include:
- Grundriss der neuisländischen Grammatik (1881)
- Nikolasdrapa Halls Prest, An Icelandic Poem from A. D. 1400 (1881)
- Some Conditions of American Education (1911)
Among his students in Germanics were linguist Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was an American anthropologist-linguist, widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the early development of the discipline of linguistics....
.