Fifteen American scholars and artists, including one woman and one Black man, were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1925. This was the inaugural year of this award and was given by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Composer Aaron Copland was the only recipient not to have a college degree.
Fellows
Category Field of Study Fellow Institutional association Research topic Notes Ref Creative Arts Musical Composition Aaron Copland Composing Also won in 1926 Humanities British History Violet Barbour Vassar College Period of the Protectorate and the Restoration Also won in 1926 Classics Allen Brown West University of Pennsylvania Tribute Records of the ancient Athenian Empire Also won in 1926 English Literature Harold William Thompson New York State College for Teachers Biography Also won in 1927 General Nonfiction Isaac Fisher Fisk University Interracial relations in the United States and abroad Also won in 1926 Medieval Literature Clark Harris Slover University of Chicago History of literature Also won in 1931 Renaissance History Merritt Y. Hughes University of California Literature of the Italian Renaissance and its effect on English literature of the 16th century Natural Science Chemistry Gerhard Krohn Rollefson University of California Physical chemistry Mathematics John Robert Kline University of Pennsylvania Analysis situs of three dimensions from a point set standpoint Medicine and Health Edwin William Schultz Leland Stanford Junior University Processes by which bacteria are destroyed by various agencies Neuroscience Percival Bailey Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School Diseases of the nervous system Plant Sciences Gordon Floyd Ferris Leland Stanford Junior University Scientific trip to Mexico, Central, and South America Social Sciences Political Science Quincy Wright University of Chicago International law Psychology Coleman Griffith University of Illinois Child psychology Religion Kenneth James Saunders Pacific School of Religion Oriental religions Also won in 1926
See also Guggenheim Fellowship List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1926
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