Thirty-seven scholars and artists across 18 states were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1926.[1][2][3]

Fellows

CategoryField of StudyFellowInstitutional associationResearch topicNotesRef
Creative ArtsFine ArtsGlen Amos MitchellGroup of paintings: religious and historical in character abroadAlso won in 1927[1][4]
Elizabeth OldsPortraiture[5][1][4]
Frank H. SchwarzMural decoration in Europe[6][1][4]
Musical CompositionAaron CoplandCompositionAlso won in 1925[7][4]
Leopold Mannes[8][4]
Roger SessionsCleveland Institute of MusicAlso won in 1927[8][4]
PoetryStephen Vincent BenétPoetry and proseAlso won in 1927[9][4]
HumanitiesArchitecture, Planning and DesignKenneth John ConantHarvard UniversityAuthoritative set of drawings, being restorations of three Romanesque French churchesAlso won in 1928, 1929, 1930, 1954[10][11][1][4]
BiographyJohn Donald WadeUniversity of GeorgiaEarly history of Georgia and Alabama[4]
British HistoryViolet BarbourVassar CollegeSir George DowningAlso won in 1925[12][4]
Paul Knaplund (no)University of WisconsinMonograph preparation on William Ewart Gladstone as a colonial statesman[13][4]
ClassicsAllen Brown WestPrinceton UniversityAthenian empireAlso won in 1925[4]
English LiteratureThomas Middleton RaysorState College of WashingtonNew edition of Coleridge's literary criticismAlso won in 1928[4]
Hyder Edward RollinsNew York UniversityStudying and editing unpublished ballads of the Pepysian collection[4]
Robert SchaferUniversity of CincinnatiNew edition of the works of Fulke Greville[14][4]
General NonfictionIsaac FisherDanger trends in world race relationsAlso won in 1925[4]
German and Scandinavian LiteratureWalter SilzHarvard UniversityLiterature of Heinrich Von KleistAlso won in 1960[15][4]
Medieval HistoryWarren AultBoston UniversityEnglish local government[4]
David S. BlondheimJohns Hopkins UniversityUse of romance languages by the Jews[16][17][4]
Near Eastern StudiesEphraim Avigdor SpeiserUniversity of PennsylvaniaMitanni group of peoples in Northern MesopotamiaAlso won in 1927[18][4]
PhilosophyRalph Monroe EatonHarvard UniversityTheory of knowledge in its relation to logic and metaphysics[11][4]
Marjorie Hope NicolsonGoucher CollegeEnglish 17th century thought[19][4]
Theatre ArtsHallie FlanaganVassar CollegeDevelopments of the theater in Europe[20][21][4]
Natural SciencesChemistryWallace R. BrodeBureau of StandardsAzo dyesAlso won in 1927[22][4]
Linus PaulingCalifornia Institute of TechnologyTheoretical and experimental research into the atomAlso won in 1927, 1965[23][4]
MathematicsErnest Preston LaneUniversity of ChicagoComparative study of geometry[24][4]
Ellis Bagley StoufferUniversity of KansasComparative study of differential geometry[4]
Norbert WienerMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyBohr's almost periodic functions[25][4]
Medicine and HealthJulian Herman LewisUniversity of ChicagoFundamental nature of immunity phenomena[24][4]
Harold Myers MarvinYale Medical SchoolCardiovascular physiology[4]
Organismic Biology and EcologyRoyal Norton ChapmanUniversity of MinnesotaDestructive pests[4]
Alfred E. EmersonUniversity of PittsburghOrigin of the caste of termites[26][4]
Franklin Pearce ReaganUniversity of California, Indiana UniversityEarliest blood vessels of mammalian embryos[4]
PhysicsArthur ComptonUniversity of ChicagoNature of radiation[24][4]
Edwin C. KembleHarvard UniversityNew quantum theory[11][4]
Ralph A. SawyerUniversity of MichiganSpectral series relations in extreme ultraviolet metallic spectra[27][4]
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural StudiesJames Penrose HarlandHarvard UniversityAncient civilizations in Greece, Crete and CycladesAlso won in 1927[28][4]
Gladys ReichardColumbia UniversityArt style of Melanesia[29][4]
EconomicsAlzada ComstockMount Holyoke CollegeLeague of Nations financial reconstruction work[30][4]
Geography and Environmental StudiesGlenn Thomas TrewarthaUniversity of WisconsinGeographic investigations of Japan and ChinaAlso won in 1943[4]
Political ScienceHerbert FeisUniversity of CincinnatiFrench-brand German pre-war foreign investments[31][4]
ReligionRoland BaintonYale Divinity SchoolPreparation of a book on religious tolerance[4]
Kenneth James SaundersPacific School of ReligionOriental religionsAlso won in 1925[4]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "1926". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 "Into art and research". The Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri, USA. 1926-04-19. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-02-20 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Kessenich, Marissa (2017-03-15). "In the Galleries: Elizabeth Olds's quest for honest American art". Ransom Center Magazine, University of Texas. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  6. ↑ "American Academy in Rome" (PDF). Pencil Points. Vol. 7, no. 7. July 1926. p. 435. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  7. ↑ "Aaron Copland Collection". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  8. 1 2 "Guggenheim Fellowship (1925-1929)". University of Washington. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  9. ↑ Fulton, Joe B. "Stephen Vincent Benet 1898-1943". Mark Twain Quarterly. 6 (2): 1–3. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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  11. 1 2 3 "Harvard teachers win travelling awards". The Cambridge Tribune. Vol. XLIX, no. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. 1926-05-01. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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  13. ↑ "Paul A. Knaplund, 79, Is Dead; Historian Taught at Wisconsin". The New York Times. New York City, New York, USA. 1964-04-11. p. 25. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  14. ↑ Bowler, Richard N. (1950). John Henry Newman and Robert Shafer compared on a liberal education (Masters). University of Massachusetts Amherst. p. 10. 2753. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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  16. ↑ "Johns Hopkins U. man kills self with gas". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri, USA. 1934-03-20. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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  19. ↑ Tayler, Edward W. (1981). "In Memoriam: Marjorie Hope Nicolson (1894-1981)". Journal of the History of Ideas. University of Pennsylvania Press. 42 (4): 665–667. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  20. ↑ "Early Playwriting by Women". Yale University Library. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  21. ↑ Musso, Anthony P. (2020-12-15). "Federal Theater Project a success under Vassar professor before defunding". Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  22. ↑ "Wallace R. Brode". Optica. 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  23. ↑ "Linus Pauling". The Nobel Prize. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  24. 1 2 3 "Guggenheim Fellowships". University of Chicago. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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  26. ↑ Wilson, Edward O.; Michener, Charles D. (1982). Alfred Edwards Emerson 1896-1976 (PDF). Biographical Memoir. National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  27. ↑ "Obituaries - Ralph A. Sawyer". Physics Today. 32 (3): 90. doi:10.1063/1.2995471. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  28. ↑ "James Penrose Harland". University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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