Background
Schneider, Heinrich was born on April 30, 1889 in Offenbach Main, Germany. Son of Heinrich Christian and Lina Katharine (Robn) Schneider.
Schneider, Heinrich was born on April 30, 1889 in Offenbach Main, Germany. Son of Heinrich Christian and Lina Katharine (Robn) Schneider.
Student of University of Tuebingen, 1908-1909, University of Leipzig, 1909-1910. Doctor of Philosophy, University Giessen, 1911, Examen pro facultate docendi, 1912. Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard, 1948.
Came to the United States, 1936, naturalized, 1943. Assistant librarian University Giessen, 1914-1920, associate librarian, 1920-1921, instructor history, 1920-1921. Vice director and research librarian, State Library, Wolfenbuettel, 1921-1923, director and head librarian, 1923-1926.
Vice director State Libraries of State of Luebeck.
Lecturer University Extension Luebeck, 1926-1933. Professor German and head modern language department American College in Sofia, 1933-1936.
Assistant professor German Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, 1936-1937. Instructor German, Cornell, 1937-1938, assistant professor, German, 1938-1942, associate professor German literature, 1942-1948.
Visiting lecturer on German literature, Harvard, 1947, professor German from 1948.
Dismissed from office by the Hitler regime because of his strong opposition to Nazism and went immediately into political exile, 1933.
Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member Modern Language Association of America, American Association Teachers of German, Delta Phi Alpha. Clubs: Research of Cornell.
Married Alice Agnes Hackhausen, July 6, 1921. Children: Marianne Alice (Mistress John East. Weigel), Burkhard Heinrich.