DATES AND FAMILY NAMES

1842.January 11. Born in New York.

1857-58.At School in Boulogne.

1859-60.In Geneva.

1860-61.Studied painting under William M. Hunt in Newport.

1861.Entered the Lawrence Scientific School.

1863.Entered the Harvard Medical School.

1865-66.Assistant under Louis Agassiz on the Amazon.

1867-68.Studied medicine in Germany.

1869.M.D. Harvard.

1873-76.Instructor in Anatomy and Physiology in Harvard College.

1875.Began to give instruction in Psychology.

1876.Assistant Professor of Physiology.

1878.Married. Undertook to write a treatise on Psychology.

1880.Assistant Professor of Philosophy.

1882-83.Spent several months visiting European universities and colleagues.

1885.Professor of Philosophy. (Between 1889 and 1897 his title was Professor of Psychology.)

1890."Principles of Psychology" appeared.

1892-93.European travel.

1897.Published "The Will to Believe and other Essays on Popular Philosophy."

1899.Published "Talks to Teachers," etc.

1899-1902.Broke down in health. Two years in Europe.

1901-1902.Gifford Lectures. "The Varieties of Religious Experience."

1906.Acting Professor for half-term at Stanford University. (Interrupted by San Francisco earthquake.)

1906.Lowell Institute lectures, subsequently published as "Pragmatism."

1907.Resigned all active duties at Harvard.

1908.Hibbert lectures at Manchester College, Oxford; subsequently published as "A Pluralistic Universe."

1910.August 26. Died at Chocorua, N.H.

(See Appendix in volume II for a full list of books by William James, with their dates.)

William James was the eldest of five children. His brothers and sister, with their dates, were: Henry (referred to as "Harry"), 1843-1916; Garth Wilkinson (referred to as "Wilky"), 1845-1883; Robertson (referred to as "Bob" and "Bobby"), 1846-1910; Alice, 1848-1892.

He had five children. Their dates and the names by which they are referred to in the letters are: Henry ("Harry"), 1879; William ("Billy"), 1882; Hermann, 1884-1885; Margaret Mary ("Peggy," "Peg"), 1887; Alexander Robertson ("Tweedie," "François"), 1890.