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Professor Meyer studied at the Universities of Bonn and Leipzig, later, in 1875, was given the degree of Ph.D. at the University of Leipzig, and in 1907. Oxford University conferred on him the degree of Litt.D. He was appointed Privat-dozent in ancient history at the University of Leipzig in 1879. In 1884 Professor Meyer was named Ausserordentlicher Professor of ancient history in that university, and in the following year he accepted the chair of ancient history at the University of Breslau. He remained there for four years, and then went to the University of Halle, where he remained until...
...Edmund Privat of Geneva, Switzerland, gave an interesting talk on "Esperanto" in the Assembly Room of the Union last evening under the auspices of the Esperanto Club...
Esperanto was born, said M. Privat, in a little Prussian village where a boy named Zamenhof lived about the middle of the last century. This boy saw the need of a universal language because of strife and misunderstanding that arose between people of his native village who spoke four different languages. When he grew up, he formulated an artificial language, Esperanto, but met with little success until 21 years ago. Since then, interest in the new language has grown steadily, and today there are over 700 Esperanto societies and more than 400 magazines spreading the language over the world...
...Edmund Privat, of Geneva, Switzerland, will give an address on "Esperanto" in the Assembly Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. He will describe the use that is being made of the new language in Europe, and the recent convention held at Cambridge, England, at which all the business of the meeting of 1400 Esperantists from 95 countries was conducted in Esperanto. Professor William James will introduce the speaker...
...recent graduate of the University of Geneva and the founder of one of the numerous Esperanto journals, M. Privat is very well fitted to explain the status of the Esperanto movement and the relation of the University student toward it. He was secretary of the second Esperanto Congress held at Geneva in 1906, and is one of the most distinguished Esperantists in Europe...