MOORE, ROBERT WEBBER: 1862-
Robert Webber Moore , son of Cameron and Mary Jane Webber Moore, was born in Delphi, Ind., on Dec. 14, 1862, and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1887. He also studied in Europe and at the University of Chicago and in 1915 received the L.H.D. degree from Hamilton College. In 1887 he married Alice Booth Wheeler, who died in 1938.
For two years, 1887-1889, he taught Latin and French at Georgetown College, Ky. , and after 1890 he was on the faculty of Colgate University as professor of German and French.
He lectured extensively on Germany and German literature, and on China and was a reviewer of German books for the NATION. He was also a frequent commencement speaker.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- History of German Literature. Hamilton, N.
Y., 1900. (8th ed.)
- Weimar, the Athens of Germany. Hamilton, N.
Y., 1908.
