History of Sheboygan Falls, (Sheboygan County) Wisconsin United States of America

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Frank Sargent Hoffman - A Biography

Frank Sargent Hoffman, educator, was born at Sheboygan Falls, Wis., Feb. 9, 1852; son of Wendel and Mary Currier (Sargent) Hoffman; grandson of Frederick and Johanna Hoffman and of Moses and Hannah Sargent, and a descendant of Richard Sargent, who came from England to America with the early settlers, landing at Agawam (now Ipswich), Mass. He was graduated from Amherst college, Mass., in 1876, and from Yale Divinity school in 1880, and was a Hooker fellow at Yale, 1880-82. He studied in Germany, 1882-83; was an instructor in philosophy at Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., 1883-85, and became professor of mental and moral philosophy at Union college, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1885. He received from Amherst the degree of A.M. in 1884, and that of Ph. D. in 1896. He was elected a member of many learned societies. He is the author of: The Sphere of the State (1894; 3d and rev. ed., 1897); the Sphere of Science (1898), and contributions to literary periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor