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1901 |
Born
Wilna, Lithania, to G, Meyer (Business, Timber Exporter)
and Eva Bloch. Religion: Jewish. |
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1906 |
Came
to Danzig (Germany, now Poland). |
|
1919 |
Passed the “Reifeprüfung” at the Danzig “Gymnasium” |
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1919–1920
 |
University of Berlin, studied Philosophy and German
Literature. A protege of Stumpf. Went to Freiburg and
heard Husserl's lectures on "Nature and Spirit." |
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1920–1928
|
Attended University of Frankfurt. Originally studied
medicine and mathematics, later philosophy. |
|
1928 |
Passed last oral exam of dissertation in philosophy at
Göttingen University, Germany; Instructor: Prof. Geiger,
second instructor: Misch. |
|
1929
 |
Married with Alice Stern. Husserl starts reading
Gurwitsch’s dissertation. [See Schuhmann, Karl. Husserl-Chronik.
p. 355] |
|
1929–1933 |
Research fellow in philosophy of the Prussian Ministery
of Science, Arts, and Public Instruction (“Ministerium
für Wissenschaften und Künste”) Berlin, Assistant to
Moritz Geiger in Göttingen. Frequently contributed to
Frankfurter Israelitisches Gemeindeblatt |
|
1933 |
Emigration to France |
|
1933 – 40
 |
Lecturer in philosophy, Institut d’Histoire des Scis,
Sorbonne;
|
|
1939–40 |
Research fellow, Caisse Nationale de la Recherche
Scientifique, Paris. |
|
1940 |
Emigration to U.S. |
|
1940 – 42 |
Visiting lecturer, Johns Hopkins University. |
|
1943 – 46
 |
Instructor of physics, Harvard University. |
|
1947 – 48 |
Visiting professor of mathematics Wheaton College,
Norton. (MA). |
|
1948 |
Assistant professor of mathematics. Waltham (MA). |
|
1948 – 59 |
Member of the faculty, Brandeis University. |
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1951
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Associate professor of philosophy. |
|
1958–59 |
Fulbright senior lecturer and visiting professor of
philosophy at University Cologne, Germany |
|
1959–73 |
Professor of philosophy, graduate faculty of political
and social sciences, New School for Social Research, New
York |
|
1962 |
Visiting professor at university of Puerto Rico |
1968
 |
Visiting professor at University of Mainz, Germany. |
|
1973 |
Died
in Zurich, Switzerland. |
