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[s/o Silas Olmsted and Emily Ward]
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(6378) (Prof.) EVERETT WARD OLMSTED (Ph. D.), Ithaca, N. Y. b. at the old homestead. North Academy St., Galesburg, Ill., Wednesday, May 12, 1869; m. June 19, 1895, at the Church of Our Father (Unitarian), Delaware Ave., Buffalo, N. Y., by the Rev. Thomas R. Slicer, Bula Hubbell; b. at Leon, N. Y., June 27, 1873; dau. of (Dr.) Alvin Allace and Evangeline (Fancher) Hubbell.
8087, Ward Hubbell; b. at Buffalo, N. Y., at 7.15 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 29, 1897; ...
8088, Richard Hubbell; b. at Ithaca, N. Y., at 4 a.m., Tuesday, July 24, 1900; ...
8089, John Meigs Hubbell; b. at Ithaca, N. Y., at 3.15 a.m., Wednesday, June 28, 1911; ...
... Prof. Olmsted received his first instruction in the schools of Philadelphia, Pa., and Washington, D. C, but chiefly at Galesburg, Ill., where he later entered Knox College. After completing the Sophomore year, he entered Cornell Univ., where he grad. in 1891, with the degree of Ph.D. The summer after graduation he went to Europe for the first time.
Since then he has been a frequent traveller in Europe, where he has devoted himself particularly to the study of the Romance Languages. From 1891 to 1893 he was Master of French in Cascadilla School, Ithaca, N. Y. In 1893 he became Instructor of French in Cornell University, which position he held until his marriage. He spent the year 1895-1896 with his wife in travel and in study in Europe. He pursued post-graduate studies at the Sorbonne. College de France, Ecole des Chartes, Paris, and at Cornell, 1893- 1897. He received his Ph.D. at Cornell, 1897. Instructor of Romance Languages, 1896-1898. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages, 1898- 1909, and Professor of the Romance Languages and Literatures since 1909, Cornell University. Residence 730 University Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.
He is a member of the Modern Language Association of America, of which he was Vice-President, 1908-09, the National Geographical Society, and the Beta Theta Pi fraternity; also of the Town and Gown Club, the Country Club, and the Savage Club, of Ithaca, N. Y. ; as well as of the Hispano- Americano Club, and Book and Bowl, of Cornell University. He has served frequently upon the Executive Committee of the George Junior Republic, at Freeville, N. Y.
He is author of "The Sonnet in French Literature and the Development of the French Sonnet Form," dissertation, 1897; co-author, with Professor Arthur Gordon, of Cornell University, of "A Spanish Grammar," Henry Holt & Co., 1910; and of various magazine articles; and editor of "A Selection from the Comedies of Marivaux," Macmillan, 1901 ; "Le Malade Imaginaire, by Moliere, "Ginn & Co., 1904; and "Legends, Tales and Poems, by Gustavo A. Becquer," Ginn & Co., 1907.
Prof. Olmsted is President of the Olmsted Family Association.
[Ancestry of Bula Hubbell follows]
