List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1925

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Fifteen American scholars and artists, including one woman and one Black man, were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1925.[1][2] This was the inaugural year of this award and was given by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.[3] Composer Aaron Copland was the only recipient not to have a college degree.[4]

Fellows

Category Field of Study Fellow Institutional association Research topic Notes Ref
Creative Arts Musical Composition Aaron Copland Composing Also won in 1926 [5][4]
Humanities British History Violet Barbour Vassar College Period of the Protectorate and the Restoration Also won in 1926 [6][4][7]
Classics Allen Brown West University of Pennsylvania Tribute Records of the ancient Athenian Empire Also won in 1926 [4][8]
English Literature Harold William Thompson New York State College for Teachers Biography Also won in 1927 [4]
General Nonfiction Isaac Fisher Fisk University Interracial relations in the United States and abroad Also won in 1926 [6][3][4]
Medieval Literature Clark Harris Slover University of Chicago History of literature Also won in 1931 [4]
Renaissance History Merritt Yerkes Hughes University of California Literature of the Italian Renaissance and its effect on English literature of the 16th century [9][4][10]
Natural Science Chemistry Gerhard Krohn Rollefson University of California Physical chemistry [11][4][10]
Mathematics John Robert Kline University of Pennsylvania Analysis situs of three dimensions from a point set standpoint [4][12]
Medicine and Health Edwin William Schultz Leland Stanford Junior University Processes by which bacteria are destroyed by various agencies [4][10]
Neuroscience Percival Bailey Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School Diseases of the nervous system [2][4][8]
Plant Sciences Gordon Floyd Ferris Leland Stanford Junior University Scientific trip to Mexico, Central, and South America [4][10]
Social Sciences Political Science Quincy Wright University of Chicago International law [13][4]
Psychology Coleman Griffith University of Illinois Child psychology [4]
Religion Kenneth James Saunders Pacific School of Religion Oriental religions Also won in 1926 [4][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1925". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "In the Graduate Schools". The Crimson. 1925-06-01. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Negro awarded Guggenheim Fellowship". The Monitor. Omaha, Nebraska, USA. 1925-06-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 "15 fellowships are awarded". York Daily Record. York, Pennsylvania, USA. 1925-06-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Guggenheim Fellowship (1925-1929)". University of Washington. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Miranda, Carolina A. (2018-04-05). "Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announces new fellows". LA Times. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  7. ↑ "Two professors on Vassar faculty sail for Europe for advanced study". Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. 1925-06-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Boston man chosen". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 1925-06-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Merritt Yerkes Hughes". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "Fellowships are awarded local educators". The Peninsula Times Tribune. Palo Alto, California, USA. 1925-06-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Stewart, T.D.; Connick, R.E.; Powell, R.E. (2020-03-31). "Gerhard Krohn Rollefson". UC Berkeley. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  12. ↑ "European fellowship for Prof. John R. Kline". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. 1925-06-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Fellowship for Professor Quincy Wright". The American Journal of International Law. 19 (3). Cambridge University Press: 581–583. 1925.
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