Jeremiah D. M. Ford Explained

Jeremiah D. M. Ford
Birth Date:2 July 1873
Birth Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Death Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Alma Mater:Science and Art Department,
Harvard Law School,
Harvard College
Workplaces:Harvard University (1895–1943)
Spouse:Anna Winifred Fearns
Children:4
Notable Students:Chandler Rathfon Post
Birth Name:Jeremiah Denis Mathias Ford

Jeremiah Denis Mathias Ford (1873–1958) was an American educator and author. He was the Smith Professor Emeritus of the French and Spanish Languages and Literature at Harvard University from 1907 to 1943. He was the youngest-ever to be appointed a professor at Harvard, the first Catholic faculty, and the last ever appointed as Chairman of the Department of Romance Languages from 1911 to 1943.

Biography

Ford was born 2 July 1873, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] He graduated from Thorndike Grammar School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1886.[2] From 1886 to 1887, he attended the North Monastery Christian Brothers School in Cork, Ireland.

He then attended the Science and Art Department in South Kensington, London, England, from 1887 to 1888. In 1988, he was awarded Distinction in Chemistry and Math in the Science and Art Department Examinations.

He was awarded First Scholar & Gold Medal in English in the Junior Grade, in 1888, and the Silver Medal for German, in 1889, from the Intermediate Education Board, Dublin, Ireland.

He attended Harvard Law School from 1891 to 1892, attaining honors his first year.[3] He then transferred, and attended Harvard College, receiving an A.B., Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, in 1894; A.M., in 1895; and Ph.D, in Romance Philology, in 1897.

Ford was the first Catholic ever hired by Harvard University,[4] he was appointed Instructor in French and Italian in 1895, Harvard Harris Fellow in Romance Philology, Instructor-in-Residence to l'Universitê de Paris, from 1897 to 1898, Instructor in French and Spanish in 1898, Instructor in Romance Languages, in 1899, and Assistant Professor of Romance Languages at Harvard University.

Then, the youngest professor ever at Harvard, he was appointed Smith Professor of the French & Spanish Languages & Literature at Harvard, in 1907, a chair that had been vacant since 1886. He held that Chair until his retirement in 1943, when he became Smith Professor Emeritus.

Notable student's of Fords included Chandler Rathfon Post.[5]

On January 1, 1902, he married Anna Winifred Fearns, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They had four children. He died at his home in Cambridge on November 13, 1958.

Honorary degrees

Founder

President

Vice-President

Elected

Other

Bibliography

This is a select list of publications by Ford.

1899

1900

1900–1909

1910−1919

1920−1929

1930−39

1940−1950

Other

Articles to which he contributed

Spanish and Italian article contributions

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States. American Publishers' Association. 1909. 484. en.
  2. Book: The Catholic Encyclopedia and It's Makers. The Encyclopedia Press. 1917. New York City, New York. 58.
  3. Book: Bulletin of Spanish Studies. 1929. Institute of Hispanic Studies. 169. en.
  4. Web site: 2014-09-02. History of St. Paul Church, Catholics in Early Cambridge. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140902062212/http://www.stpaulparish.org/historytxt.html. 2014-09-02. 2021-03-05. St. Paul Parish. Prof. J.D.M. Ford, the only Catholic member of the faculty [1902], was an occasional intermediary between President Eliot and Fr. Orr and even between the landscaper Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr., and Mayor McNamee, a St. Paul's man..
  5. Web site: Post, Chandler R.. The Dictionary of Art Historians. 21 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Honorary Degrees. National University of Ireland.