Herbert Charles Sanborn
| Herbert Charles Sanborn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 18, 1873 Winchester, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 6, 1967 (aged 94) Williamson County, Tennessee |
| Alma mater |
Boston University Tufts College University of Munich |
| Occupation | Philosopher, psychologist, academic, German teacher and translator |
Herbert Charles Sanborn (February 18, 1873 – July 6, 1967) was an American philosopher, academic and one-time political candidate. He received his PhD from the University of Munich in Germany and briefly taught at Washington College. He was the Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Psychology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1921 to 1942, and he served as the president of the Nashville German-American Society. In his retirement, he continued to coach the Vanderbilt Fencing Team. He ran for the Tennessee State Senate unsuccessfully in 1955. He was opposed to the Civil Rights Movement, and he published antisemitic pamphlets.
Herbert Charles Sanborn was born on February 18, 1873 in Winchester, Massachusetts.
Sanborn graduated with a Bachelor of Philosophy from Boston University in 1896, where one of his professors was Borden Parker Bowne. He received a master's degree from Tufts College in 1897. He studied on a scholarship at Heidelberg University in 1900. Shortly after, he taught German in New England schools, eventually becoming Head of German instruction at the Bancroft School in Worcester, Massachusetts. During that time, he wrote a book about Viktor Nessler's 1884 opera Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, which was reviewed in a German journal.
Sanborn returned to Germany for graduate studies in 1906, and he received a PhD magna cum laude from the University of Munich in 1908. His PhD thesis, written in German and supervised by Georg von Hertling, was about William James.
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