Text: Palmer Cobb, “Vita,” The Influence of E. T. A. Hoffman on the Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, 1908, pp. 105

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I was born near Blackwell, Caswell County, N. C., April 1, 1880. My youth was spent in Danville, Virginia, to which place my parents had removed when I was two years old. I attended various private schools in Danville. My preparation for college was received at the Danville Military Institute. I entered the University of North Carolina in February, 1898, and received the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1901. The following year, 1901-02, I was Instructor in French and German in the same university. 1902-03, I was Scholar in German, Columbia University, New York. From this institution I received the degree of Master of Arts in 1903. During the summer of 1903 I was a student at the University of Jena, Germany. In September 1903, I was appointed Tutor in German in the College of the City of New York, which position I held until June, 1907, except for the academic year 1905-06, during which time I was on leave and a student at the University of Kiel, Germany. In June, 1907, I was appointed Associate Professor of German in the University of North Carolina.

It is a pleasure to acknowledge here my indebtedness to Professor W. H. Carpenter, of Columbia University, Professor Friedrich Kauffmann and Professor Ferdinand Holthausen of the University of Kiel, Germany, for kindly advice and suggestion.

To Professor Calvin Thomas of Columbia University my especial thanks are due for proof reading, valuable criticism, and guidance in the preparation of this dissertation. More especially for that spirit of ready helpfulness and sympathetic interest which characterizes his relationships with those who are privileged to do work under his direction.