Background
Wernaer, Robert Maximilian was born on May 13, 1865 in Jena, Germany. Son of Anton Ottomar and Alvine (Peisker) Wernaer.
Wernaer, Robert Maximilian was born on May 13, 1865 in Jena, Germany. Son of Anton Ottomar and Alvine (Peisker) Wernaer.
Preparatory schools and gymnasia in Germany. Came to the United States, 1884. Bachelor of Laws, Albany Law School (Union U.), 1887.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1899, A.M., 1900, Doctor of Philosophy, 1903. University of Leipzig, Heidelberg, Geneva, Berlin.
Admitted to bar, 1889. Practiced at Brooklyn and New York, 1889-1896. Instructor German, Harvard, 1901-1903, University of Wisconsin, 1904-1905, Harvard, 1905-1906.
Lecturer German literature Harvard, 1908. Assistant professor German, Simmons College, 1920-1921.
Member Modern Language Association America. Club: Boston.
Married Esther Upham Farr, March 31, 1891. Married second, Maud May Parker, June 7, 1930.