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American scholar, educator and literary historian
Adolph B. Benson , born Adolph Berndt Bengtsson , (November 22, 1881 – November 10, 1962) was an American scholar, educator and literary historian. Adolph Benson's research focused primarily on the study of
Swedish-American culture.
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Biography
Adolph Benson was born in
Skåne ,
Sweden as the eldest of nine children. He emigrated to the United States during 1892 settling in
Berlin, Connecticut . He graduated from
Wesleyan University in
Middletown, Connecticut (
Bachelor's degree . 1907), (
Master's degree . 1910).
He taught at
Columbia University , 1909-1911, at
Dartmouth College 1911-1914 and at
Sheffield Scientific School 1914-1920.
In 1920, he became extraordinary professor of German and
Scandinavian languages and literature at
Yale University .
He was chairman of Department of
Germanic Languages at Yale University 1932-1944.
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His autobiography Farm, Forge and Philosophy: Chapters of a Swedish Immigrant's Life was published by the Swedish American Historical Society in 1961.
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The papers of Adolph Burnett Benson are available from Manuscripts and Archives at the Yale University Sterling Memorial Library in
New Haven, CT .
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Selected bibliography
Original works
The Old Norse Element in Swedish Romanticism (1914)
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Sweden and The American Revolution (1926)
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An American poet-enemy of Gustavus III of Sweden (1928)
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Swedish Rarities in the Yale University Library (1935)
Swedes in America, 1638-1938 with Naboth Hedin (1938)
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The will to succeed : stories of Swedish pioneers (1948)
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Americans from Sweden with Naboth Hedin and
Carl Sandburg (1950)
American Scandinavian studies (1952)
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Farm, Forge and Philosophy: Chapters of a Swedish Immigrant's Life (1961)
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Translations
Sara Videbeck and the Chapel , by
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist ; translation from the Swedish. (1919)
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America of the Fifties: Letters of Fredrika Bremer , by
Fredrika Bremer ; translation from the Swedish. (1924)
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Pehr Kalm's journey to North America by
Pehr Kalm ; translation from the Swedish. (1961)
References
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Adolph Burnett Benson (1914) The Old Norse Element in Swedish Romanticism (Columbia University Press, Page 193)
^ Naboth Hedin.
"Adolph Burnett Benson: In Memoriam" . Swedish-American Historical Quarterly (North Park University). Retrieved December 5, 2015 .
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Benson, Adolph B. (1881-1962) Social Network and Archival Content)
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Benson, Adolph B. Adolph Berndt Bengtsson (Innehållsförteckning till Svensk uppslagsbok page 606-607)
Archived December 22, 2014, at the
Wayback Machine
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"Farm, forge, and philosophy; chapters from a Swedish immigrant's life in America" . Online books. Retrieved December 5, 2015 .
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Adolph Burnett Benson papers Yale University Library
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The Old Norse Element in Swedish Romanticism ebooksread.com
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"Sweden and the American Revolution" . library.genealogical.com . Retrieved October 1, 2020 .
^ Benson, Adolph B. (1928).
"An American Poet-Enemy Of Gustavus III of Sweden" . Scandinavian Studies and Notes . 10 (4): 104–110.
JSTOR
40915260 . Retrieved October 1, 2020 .
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"Swedes in America, 1638-1938 / edited by Adolph B. Benson and Naboth Hedin" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved December 5, 2015 .
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The Will to succeed; stories of Swedish pioneers .
OCLC
6856524 . Retrieved October 1, 2020 – via WorldCat.
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"American Scandinavian Studies" . C. Hagelstam Antikvariaatti . Retrieved October 1, 2020 .
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Farm, forge, and philosophy; chapters from a Swedish immigrant's life in America . Chicago: Swedish Pioneer Historical Society, 1961.
OCLC
2138991 . Retrieved December 5, 2015 .
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"Benson, Adolph B. (Adolph Burnett), 1881-1962" . Online Books Page. Retrieved December 5, 2015 .
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"America of the fifties: letters of Fredrika Bremer, selected and edited by Adolph B. Benson" . Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library. Retrieved December 5, 2015 .
Other sources
The Chronicle (American Swedish Historical Foundation, Spring & Summer 1956)
External links
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