Carleton Lewis Brownson
Carleton Lewis Brownson (January 19, 1866 – September 27, 1948) was a professor of the Greek language and Latin language and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at City College of New York.
Biography
[edit]He was born on January 19, 1866, in Connecticut and he received an A.B. from Yale College in 1887. He traveled to Athens, Greece and became a student member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens from 1890 to 1892. In December of 1893, he married Miss Potter according to a personal letter by Clarinda Boltwood of New Haven Ct. In 1897 he received his Ph.D. from Yale University, and was offered a teaching position at City College of New York.[2] By 1909 he was dean of the College of Liberal Arts at City College of New York till 1926 when he was promoted to Dean of the Faculty.[3] He died in 1948 in New York City.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Brownson, Carlson L. (Carleton Lewis) (1886). Xenophon;. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press.
- ^ "New Teachers at City College" (PDF). The New York Times. October 24, 1897. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
The appointment of Dr. Carleton L. Brownson from Yale and Prof. Joseph Allen from Cornell to the teaching force of the City College marks a distinct advance ...
- ^ "Dr. Brownson Honored at Dinner". The New York Times. May 3, 1927. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
A testimonial dinner to Dr. Carleton L. Brownson, Professor of Classical Languages at City College and last June Dean of the Faculty, was held last night at ...
- ^ "Carleton Brownson, Ex Dean at C.C.N.Y." The New York Times. September 27, 1948. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
Carleton L. Brownson, who was the first dean of the College of Liberal Arts of City College, serving from 1909 to 1926, ...
