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Completing 34 years on the Harvard faculty, James Haughton Woods '87, professor of Philosophy, will relinquish his chair in June and become professor emeritus. He is also a member of the corporation of the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
After gaining his reputation in the field of Oriental Philosophy, he became chairman of the division of Philosophy in 1914-15 and was exchange professor at the Sorbonne and French Provincial Universities from 1916 to 1918 and again in 1927-28.
Born in 1864 in Boston, Professor Woods received his degree here in 1887. After studying at Berlin and Oxford, he received a Ph.D. from Strassburg in 1896. He was assistant in history in 1891 and became lecturer in philosophy in 1900. Since then he has held the following positions: instructor in Anthropology, 1900-01; instructor in Philosophy, 1903-08; assistant professor 1903-13; and professor, 1913-34.
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