Chronology

1842Born, New York City, January 11 1842-44  James family in Europe 1852-55  School in New York 1856-58  School and tutors in England and France 1859-60  School and tutors, Switzerland and Germany 1860-61  painting with W.M. Hunt 1861  Enters Harvard 1864  Enters the Medical School 1865-66  With Agassiz expedition in Brazil 1867-68  Europe, Mainly Germany 1869  M.D., Harvard 1869-72  Ill-health and recovery 1873  Instructor in anatomy and physiology at Harvard 1873-74  In Europe, especially Italy 1875  Begins teaching psychology 1878  Marries Alice Howe Gibbens 1879  Begins teaching philosophy 1885  Professor of philosophy 1889  Professor of psychology 1890  Publication of Principles of Psychology 1897  Publication of Will to Believe and Other Essays 1897  Professor of philosophy 1898  Injury to heart 1899-01  Convalescence in Europe 1901-02  Gifford Lectures at Edinburgh 1902  Publication of Varieties of Religious Experience 1905  Trip to Mediterranean 1906  Acting Professor at Stanford University 1907  Publication of Pragmatism 1907  Final resignation from Harvard 1908-09  Hibbert Lectures at Oxford 1909  Publication of A Pluralistic Universe, Meaning of Truth 1910  In Europe 1910  Died, Chocorua, N.H., August 26