Albert Schinz (1870 – December 19, 1943) was an American French and philosophical scholar, editor, and

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. Although he was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Schinz died in the United States at an

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Hospital, in Iowa City, of

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Education and career

Albert graduated from the

University of Neuchâtel The University of Neuchâtel (UniNE) is a French-speaking university based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The university has four faculties (schools) and more than a dozen institutes, including arts and human sciences, natural sciences, law and eco ...

(1888–1892),Scull, David. ''Bryn Mawr College Annual Report''. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1908. and studied at Berlin, Tübingen (Ph.D., 1894), Sorbonne and Collège de France (1894), and in the United States at

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. He taught at the

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for one year, then became professor of French literature at Clark University (1897–1898), University of Minnesota (1898–1899),

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(1899- ), and at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts "Contributors to This Issue." ''Nation'' 107.2789 (1918): 729. (1913–1928). He finally retired after teaching French at the

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in 1941. He spent the rest of his time as a visiting professor at

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, and Iowa University. He was a guest editor for an issue of the ''

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''.

Beliefs

Anti-pragmatism

Works

Books

* ''Anti-Pragmatism: An Examination into the Respective Rights of Intellectual Aristocracy and Social Democracy'' (1909) * ''J. J. Rousseau: A Forerunner of Pragmatism'' (1909) * ''Les accent dans l'ecriture française'' (1912) * ''La question du "Contrat Social"'' (1913) * ''French Literature of the Great War'' (1920) *''Seventeenth century French readings'' (1915) *''Eighteenth century French readings'' *''Nineteenth century French readings''

Articles and Journals

*"L'art dans les Contes devots de Gautier de Coinci" Schinz was published in ''

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'' as a contributor of an article in 1918, Issue 107 and was critically reviewed in an article for his book ''French Literature of the Great War''. His book ''J. J. Rousseau: A Forerunner of Pragmatism'' was also reviewed in the ''

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''."État Présent des Travaux sur J.-J Rousseau (Book)." ''Modern Language Quarterly'' 3.3 (1942): 463.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schinz, Albert 1870 births 1943 deaths American book editors American political writers American male non-fiction writers Clark University alumni University of Neuchâtel alumni