Cassirer, Ernst Alfred
Born: Jul 28, 1874 AD
Died: 1945 AD, at 70 years of age.
Nationality: German
Categories: Educators, Philosopher, Writers
Died: 1945 AD, at 70 years of age.
Nationality: German
Categories: Educators, Philosopher, Writers
1874 - Born on July 28th in Breslau, Silesia. Ernst Alfred Cassirer, philosopher, educator, writer, and prominent member of the neo-Kantian movement.
1894 - Cassirer was introduced to the work of Hermann Cohen, leader of the Marburg School of neo-Kantianism.
1896 - Cassirer went to Marburg to study philosophy under Cohen and also mathematics.
1899 - Cassirer successfully defended his inaugural dissertation, "Descartes' Critique of Mathematical and Natural Scientific Knowledge," at the University of Marburg.
1903 - Cassirer lived in Berlin and wrote several of his major works.
1906 - Cassirer was able to obtain the position of Privatdozent at the University of Berlin, a post he held for the next thirteen years.
1919 - He assumed the chair of philosophy at the newly founded University of Hamburg.
1925 - He wrote "Substance and Function", 3-volume "The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms", "Language and Myth".
1930 - He was elected rector of the university.
1933 - Expelled by the Nazis from the University of Hamburg in May.
- Cassirer accepted a position at Oxford University, where he lectured for two years.
1935 - He was offered and accepted a professorship at the University of Göteborg.
1941 - Cassirer accepted an invitation to come to Yale University as a visiting professor.
1894 - Cassirer was introduced to the work of Hermann Cohen, leader of the Marburg School of neo-Kantianism.
1896 - Cassirer went to Marburg to study philosophy under Cohen and also mathematics.
1899 - Cassirer successfully defended his inaugural dissertation, "Descartes' Critique of Mathematical and Natural Scientific Knowledge," at the University of Marburg.
1903 - Cassirer lived in Berlin and wrote several of his major works.
1906 - Cassirer was able to obtain the position of Privatdozent at the University of Berlin, a post he held for the next thirteen years.
1919 - He assumed the chair of philosophy at the newly founded University of Hamburg.
1925 - He wrote "Substance and Function", 3-volume "The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms", "Language and Myth".
1930 - He was elected rector of the university.
1933 - Expelled by the Nazis from the University of Hamburg in May.
- Cassirer accepted a position at Oxford University, where he lectured for two years.
1935 - He was offered and accepted a professorship at the University of Göteborg.
1941 - Cassirer accepted an invitation to come to Yale University as a visiting professor.
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