Hermann Hagedorn (18 July 1882 – 27 July 1964) was an American author, poet and biographer.

Life and career

He was born in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

and educated at

The Hill School The Hill School (commonly known as The Hill) is a coeducational preparatory boarding school located on a campus in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about northwest of Philadelphia. The Hill is part of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization (TSAO). ...

and

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

, where he was awarded the

George B. Sohier Prize The George B. Sohier Prize, established by Bostonian businessman Waldo Higginson in 1890, is a $250 annual award for the best thesis of approximately 10,000 words or text submitted by a student of English or Modern Literature at Harvard University ...

for literature, the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

, and

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. From 1909 to 1911, he was an instructor in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

at Harvard. Hagedorn was a friend and biographer of

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

. He also served as Secretary and Director of the

Theodore Roosevelt Association The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) is a historical and cultural organization dedicated to honoring the life and work of Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), the 26th President of the United States. The group is based in Oyster Bay, New York, whe ...

from 1919 to 1957. Drawing upon his friendship with Roosevelt, Hagedorn was able to elicit the support of Roosevelt's friends and associates' personal recollections in his biography of TR which was first published in 1918 and then updated in 1922 and which is oriented toward children. The book has a summary questions for young readers at the end of each chapter. Drawing on the same friends and associates of Roosevelt, Hagedorn also published the first serious study of TR's experience as a rancher in the

Badlands Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded."Badlands" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 47. They are characterized by steep slopes, m ...

after the death of his wife and mother in 1884. Hagedorn's access to TR's associates in these two books has been utilized by historian, Edmund Morris in his three highly acclaimed biographical books on Roosevelt: ''The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt'', ''Theodore Rex'', and ''Colonel Roosevelt''.

Selected works

* ''The Silver Blade'' (1907) * ''The Woman of Corinth'' (1908) * ''A Troop of the Guard, and other Poems'' (1909) * ''Poems and Ballads'' (1912) * ''Faces in the Dawn'' (1914) * ''You are the Hope of the World'' (1917, 1920) * ''Theodore Roosevelt'' (1918, 1922) * ''That Human Being,

Leonard Wood Leonard Wood (October 9, 1860 – August 7, 1927) was a United States Army major general, physician, and public official. He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba, and Governor-General of the Philippi ...

'' (1920) * ''Roosevelt in the Bad Lands'' (1921) * ''The three pharaohs: a dramatic poem'', John Day (1932) * ''The Magnate:

William Boyce Thompson William Boyce Thompson (May 13, 1869 – June 27, 1930) was an American mining engineer, financier, prominent in the Republican party, philanthropist, and founder of Newmont Mining. Thompson was one of the significant early twentieth centu ...

and his Time'' (1935) * ''Combat at Midnight: A Book of Poems (1940) * ''Sunward I've Climbed, The Story of John Magee, Poet and Soldier, 1922–1941'' (1942) * ''The Bomb That Fell on America'' (1946) * ''Americans: A Book of Lives'' (1946) * ''Prophet in the Wilderness: The Story of

Albert Schweitzer Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian-German/French polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran minister, Schwei ...

'' (1947) * ''The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill'' (1954) * ''The Theodore Roosevelt Treasury'' (1957)

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905).
Hermann Hagedorn
" ''

New International Encyclopedia ''The New International Encyclopedia'' was an American encyclopedia first published in 1902 by Dodd, Mead and Company. It descended from the ''International Cyclopaedia'' (1884) and was updated in 1906, 1914 and 1926. History ''The New Intern ...

'' (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

External links

* * * * http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/h/hagedorn_h.htm Biographical History of Herman Hagedorn * Hermann Hagedorn Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hagedorn, Hermann 1882 births 1964 deaths 20th-century American biographers American male biographers American male poets The Hill School alumni Columbia University alumni Harvard University alumni Harvard University faculty Place of death missing 20th-century American poets 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers