Charles Edward Garman
BornDecember 18, 1850
DiedFebruary 9, 1907(1907-02-09) (aged 56)
Academic background
Alma materAmherst Collage
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Notable studentsCalvin Coolidge
Robert S. Woodworth

Charles Edward Garman (December 18, 1850 โ€“ February 9, 1907) was a professor of philosophy at Amherst College.[1] He taught pupils such as Calvin Coolidge and Robert S. Woodworth. He is credited with influencing Woodworth towards a career in psychology.[2]

Biography

Garman was born on December 18, 1850, in Limington, Maine. Garman married Eliza Miner in 1882. He died on February 9, 1907, in Amherst, Massachusetts.[1] The joint papers of Charles E. Garman and Eliza Miner Garman Family Papers 1862-1932 are housed in the Special Collections Department at Amherst College's Frost Library. The collection contains correspondence, papers, essays, pamphlets, notes, notebooks and diaries relating to the personal and professional life of Charles Edward Garman, Professor of Moral and Mental Philosophy at Amherst College. His teaching career is represented by the printed pamphlets he distributed in his classes and by lecture notes taken by his students.

References

  1. 1 2 "Collection: The Charles e. Garman (AC 1872) and Eliza Miner Garman Family Papers | Amherst College - ArchivesSpace".
  2. โ†‘ Robert Sessions Woodworth โ€” Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
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