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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Europe on ancient history. He holds numerous degrees from the leading European universities, including the degree of Ph.D., conferred by the University of Leipzig in 1875, and that of Litt.D., which he received from Oxford in 1907. After studying at the Universities of Bonn and Leipzig, he became privat-dozent in ancient history at the latter university in 1879, and five years later was appointed Ausserordentliche Professor of Ancient History. The following year he accepted a similar post in the University of Breslau, from which he went to the University of Halle in 1889. In 1902 he became professor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1909 Exchange Professors | 9/28/1909 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXCHANGE OF PROFESSORS | 5/1/1909 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exposition of Esperanto Last Night | 1/8/1908 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exposition of Esperanto Last Night | 1/8/1908 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Edmund Privat on "Esperanto" | 1/7/1908 | See Source »

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