Grace de Laguna explained
Grace Mead de Laguna (28 September 1878 – 17 February 1978) was an American philosopher who taught at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
Life
Grace Mead Andrus was born on 28 September 1878 in East Berlin, Connecticut.[1] She was the youngest child, and only daughter, of Wallace R. Andrus and Annis Andrus (née Mead).[2] Both parents were of Connecticut ancestry dating back to the 17th century.[3] Her mother, Annis, had been a school teacher. Her father had served with the 17th Connecticut Volunteers during the Civil War,[4] He would later work as a land agent for the Northern Pacific Railway whilst it was being built. This led to the family moving, whilst Grace was young, to the (then) Washington Territory, first to Cheney, then Tacoma, where she received a pioneer upbringing.
Grace Andrus took the AB from Cornell University in 1903, where she was Phi Beta Kappa.[5] And, upon presentation of a dissertation titled “The Mechanical Theory in Pre-Kantian Rationalism”, she received her PhD in philosophy there in 1906.
Whilst studying for the latter she met Theodore de Laguna, an instructor there, whom she married in 1905.[6]
After holding a position at the University of Michigan from 1905, Theodore served, from 1907, as a professor of philosophy at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.[7] Grace became an assistant professor there in 1912, an associate professor in 1916 and a full professor in 1928.[8] She became chair of philosophy at Bryn Mawr after Theodore's death in 1930.[9] She would retire as Professor Emerita in 1944. She continued to write, publishing her third book in 1963.
Her daughter, born in 1906, was the anthropologist Frederica de Laguna, whom Grace would accompany on several anthropological field trips. Her son Wallace de Laguna, who was born in 1910, was a geologist who worked for the U.S. Geological Survey and later for the Oak Ridge National Laboratories in Tennessee.[10]
Grace de Laguna died, aged 99, on 17 February 1978 in Devon, Pennsylvania.[11]
Works
Books
- Dogmatism and Evolution: Studies in Modern Philosophy, with Theodore de Laguna (New York, 1910). [At [[Internet Archive Wayback Machine|Internet Archive]]]
- Speech: Its Function and Evolution (New Haven, Conn., 1927). [At [[Internet Archive Wayback Machine|Internet Archive]]]
- On Existence and the Human World (New Haven, Conn., 1963).
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References
- Web site: De Laguna, Grace Mead (1878-1978), philosopher. Montoya. Leopoldo M.. American National Biography. en. 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2001773. subscription. 2019-08-31. de Laguna, Grace Mead (28 September 1878–17 February 1978), philosopher, was born Grace Mead Andrus in East Berlin, Connecticut, the daughter of Wallace R. Andrus, a soldier and accountant, and Annis Mead, a schoolteacher. De Laguna received a pioneer upbringing. In 1883, when she was about four years old, the family moved to Cheney in what is now eastern Washington State ... where she attended a small school. They later moved to Tacoma where de Laguna went to high school.... 2000. 978-0-19-860669-7.
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- Stearns. Isabel S.. 1978. Grace Andrus de Laguna 1878-1978. Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association. 51. 5. 577–578. 0065-972X. 3129815.
- [Frederica de Laguna|de Laguna, Frederica]
- Book: Calore, Gary S.. Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. 2005-01-01. A&C Black. 9781843710370. Shook. John R.. en. DE LAGUNA, Grace Mead Andrus (1878–1978). https://books.google.com/books?id=Ijpj1tB3Qr0C&pg=PA603.
- Book: History of the University of Michigan. Hinsdale. B. A. (Burke Aaron). Demmon. Isaac Newton. 1906. Ann Arbor : Published by the University. Cornell University Library. THEODORE DE LEO de LAGUNA was born at Oakland, California, July 22, 1876, son of Alexander de Leo and Frederica Henrietta (Bergner) de Laguna. On the father's side he is of Spanish, French, and Italian origin; his maternal ancestry is German. After a preparatory training in the public schools of his native place he entered the University of California, and was graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1896 and Master of Arts three years later. He pursued post-graduate studies at Cornell University, where he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1901. He taught in the Philippine Islands from 1901 to 1903, after which he returned to this country and was Honorary Fellow in Philosophy at Cornell University in 1903-1904, and Assistant in Philosophy the following year. In 1905 he accepted a call to the University of Michigan as Assistant Professor of Education. He is a member of the American Philosophical Association. He has contributed articles on Ethics and Aesthetics to "The Philosophical Review" and to the first volume of the University of California Publications in Philosophy. He was married September 9, 1905, to Grace Mead Andrus..
- Book: Anellis, Irving H.. Irving Anellis
. The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. Irving Anellis. 2005. Thoemmes Continuum. Shook, John R., Hull, Richard T.. 9781849723589. Bristol. de Laguna, Theodore de Leo (1876–1930). 276357640.
- Web site: de Laguna, Grace Mead (1878–1978) Encyclopedia.com. Hundleby. Catherine. www.encyclopedia.com. 2019-09-07.
- [Catharine McClellan|McClellan, Catharine]
- Book: Laguna, Wallace De. Geology of Brookhaven National Laboratory and Vicinity, Suffolk County New York. 1963. U.S. Government Printing Office. en.
- News: Grace Mead Andrus De Laguna. 1978-02-25. The New York Times. 2019-09-01. en-US. 0362-4331.
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