Westermann, William Linn, 1873-1954

LC control no.	no 99074584
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Westermann, William Linn, 1873-1954 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	New York (N.Y.)
Birth date	18730915
Death date	19541004
Place of birth	Belleville (Ill.)
Place of death	White Plains (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Classical philology History, Ancient College teaching
Affiliation	Columbia University
Profession or occupation	Classicists Historians College teachers
Found in	Apokrimata, 1999: t.p. (William Linn Westermann) OCLC data base, Sept. 17, 1999 (hdg.: Westermann, William Linn, 1873-1954) German Wikipedia, Feb. 12, 2015: "William Linn Westermann" (William Linn Westermann; born Sept. 15, 1873, Belleville, Illinois; died October 4, 1954, White Plains, NY; college teacher, ancient historian, papyrologist; studied U. Nebraska, obtaining bachelor's and master's degrees, already working as assistant professor of Latin, U. Wisconsin; doctorate, U. Berlin, 1902; employed as instructor of Latin and Greek, U. Missouri, 1906 asst. professor of history; 1920 full professor Cornell U.; 1923 full professor Columbia U., until retirement (1948); one of the first papyrologists in the U.S.) Barzun, Jacques, "Reminiscences of the Columbia History Department 1923-1975", via WWW, viewed Feb. 12m 2015 ("Meanwhile, the formidable William Linn Westermann, who deciphered the stacks of Greek papyri found near the Nile delta, was the drill master of the small band of seekers after ancient history. He inspired more admiring wonder for his expertise than affection for his person, because his attitude toward students (and some colleagues) was on the German model. Rigorous scholarship requires frigorous human relations.")