[Hermann Carl George]. American philologist, born at Vilsen, Germany, on the 15th of December 1850. Having removed to the United States, he studied at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, in 1872, and thence proceeded to Auburn Theological Seminary, completing his studies in Göttingen and other continental universities. On his return to America he was for a time associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, and then was appointed, in 1882, to the chair of French, German and philology in Hamilton College. Among his educational publications are German Grammar for High Schools and Colleges (6th ed., 1892), and a German Reader (3d ed., 1892).
