Background

Franklin L. Baumer was born on May 10, 1913. He was a son of Herman E. and Anna (Dibert) Baumer.

Education

Franklin L. Baumer studied at Yale University where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1934 and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in 1938. He also attended the University of London from 1935 to 1936.

Career

Franklin L. Baumer started to work at Yale University in 1938 when he became Faculty member. He started to work as a teacher and later became Director of graduate studies in history. In 1963 Franklin L. Baumer became Randolph W. Townsend Professor of History. He held that position until 1983. After that, he held the post of Professor emeritus from 1983 to 1990.

Franklin L. Baumer contributed extensively to scholarly journals and was the author of four books on the history of intellectual thought: ''Main Currents of Western Thought,'' ''Religion and the Rise of Skepticism,'' ''Modern European Thought'' and ''The Early Tudor Theory of Kingship.''

Achievements

• Franklin L. Baumer was a historian at Yale University, who was known for his books on the history of intellectual thought. He also got a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1945.

Works

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  • Modern European Thought: Continuity and Change in Ideas

    (The development of Western man's ideas about himself and ...)

    1977
  • Main Currents of Western Thought: Readings in Western Europe Intellectual History from the Middle Ages to the Present

    (In the quarter of a century since its first appearance, t...)

    1978
  • The Early Tudor Theory of Kingship 1940
  • Religion and the Rise of Scepticism 1960

Connections

Franklin L. Baumer married Margarita Thieler on June 22, 1936. They had a daughter named Constance. After the death of Margarita Thieler, Franklin L. Baumer married Bodil Bruus Fullerton on March 4, 1983. They also had a daughter - Joanna.

Father:

Herman E. Baumer

Mother:

Anna Baumer

late-wife:

Margarita Thieler

Wife:

Bodil Bruus Fullerton

Daughter:

Constance Baumer

Daughter:

Joanna Baumer

References

• Secular Mind: Transformations of Faith in Modern Europe
  1982