Charles Pomeroy Otis
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Charles Pomeroy Otis | |
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| Born | April 8, 1840 Lebanon, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | November 17, 1888 (aged 48) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Education | Yale College (PhD) |
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Sarah Margaret Noyes
(m. 1884) |
| Children | 2 |
Charles Pomeroy Otis (April 8, 1840 – November 17, 1888) was an American educator and author.
Early life
[edit]Charles Pomeroy Otis was born on April 8, 1840, in Lebanon, Connecticut, to Olive M. (née Osgood) and reverend Israel T. Otis. His father was a pastor at Levanon. In 1844, he moved with his father to Rye, New Hampshire. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Yale College in 1861.[1][2]
Following graduation, Otis was principal at an academy in Fairfield, Connecticut, for about a year. He then became a teacher at the Russell Military Academy in New Haven. In January 1865, he became a Latin tutor at Yale College. In July 1869, he resigned and spent three years in Europe, mainly Paris and Berlin. He then studied again at Yale and graduated with a PhD in 1873.[1]
Career
[edit]In the summer of 1873, Otis was appointed professor of modern languages at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He remained there until his death.[1]
Works
[edit]- Otis, Charles Pomeroy, Grammar of Elementary German[1]
- Otis, Charles Pomeroy, Outline of Middle High German Grammar and Selections from the Nibelungen Lied[2]
- Otis, Charles Pomeroy (trans.) Voyages of Samuel de Champlain[2]
- Schiller, Friedrich; Otis. Charles Pomeroy (ed.) Das Lied von der Glocke[2]
- von Goethe, Johann Wolfang; Otis, Charles Pomeroy (ed.) Märchen[3]
Personal life
[edit]Otis married Sarah Margaret Noyes of Boston on June 11, 1884. They had two sons.[1]
Otis fell into poor health in 1888. He died on November 17, 1888, at his home on Chestnut Street in Boston.[1][3] He was buried in Exeter, New Hampshire.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College" (PDF). June 1889. p. 524. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2025-06-27 – via Archive.org.
- ^ a b c d "Prof. Charles P. Otis". The New York Times. 1888-11-19. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-06-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Recent Deaths". Boston Evening Transcript. 1888-11-19. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-06-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Professor Charles P. Otis". The Hartford Daily Courant. 1888-11-20. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-06-27 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Works by Charles Pomeroy Otis at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Charles Pomeroy Otis at the Internet Archive
- Charles Pomeroy Otis at Find a Grave
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