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| 1873 |
(June) Flavia A. Camp and James Hulme Canfield marry. |
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1879 |
(February 17) DCF born in Lawrence, Kansas; father is professor of Political Economy and Sociology at University of Kansas, mother is artist; DCF spends summers at Canfield relatives' house in Arlington, Vermont. | ||||||
| 1890 | (Winter) DCF makes first trip to Europe, accompanies mother to Paris; later attends French schools. | ||||||
| 1891 | Fishers move to
Lincoln, Nebraska; |
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| 1894 | Publishes "The
Fear That Walks by Noonday" Cather) in University of Nebraska yearbook. |
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| 1895 | Fishers move to Columbus, Ohio; father becomes president of Ohio State University, where DCF enrolls as student. | ||||||
| 1899 |
(Spring) DCF graduates from OSU. Father resigns presidency, becomes
librarian of Columbia University, New York. (Fall) DCF begins graduate work in French at the Sorbonne in Paris. |
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| 1902 |
(March) First professional publication, New York Times article on Holy
Week in Spain; (Fall) Travels with Willa Cather in Europe. |
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| 1903 |
Turns down assistant professorship at Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. |
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| 1904 |
(Spring) Receives Ph.D. from Columbia; (May) dissertation, Corneille and
Racine in England, is published by Columbia University Press. (May)
Meets John Fisher. (Fall) Accepts job as "secretary" at Horace Mann
School, New York City. (Winter) Quarrels with Willa Cather over "The
Profile.'' |
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| 1906 | (Summer) Travels in Germany, Norway, and France. |