Background
Weigand, Hermann John was born on November 17, 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herman and Ottilie (Rumpff) Weigand.
Weigand, Hermann John was born on November 17, 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herman and Ottilie (Rumpff) Weigand.
Student, Wagner College, Rochester, New York, 1906-1911; AB, University of Michigan, 1913; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1916; AM (honorary), Yale University, 1929.
Teaching assistant German, University of Michigan, 1913-1914;
instructor German, University of Michigan, 1914-1918. Office correspondent Curtis Public Company, 1918-1919. Instructor German, University of Pennsylvania, 1919-1922, assistant professor, 1922-1928, professor, 1928-1929.
Professor German, Yale University, from 1929, then Sterling professor Germanic literature, director graduate studies in Germanics, from 1938. Visiting professor University of California at Berkeley, 1947, 55, Harvard University, 1952.
Member Modern Language Association (editorial committee 1937-1942), Phi Beta Kappa.
Son of Herman and Ottilie (Rumpff) W. M. Frances Rhoades, February 2, 1916. 1 daughter, Erika (deceased).