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List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1947

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One hundred twenty-two Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded in 1947.[1][2] A total of $310,000 was disbursed.[3] The University of California received the highest number of fellowships given to a single institution.[4]

1947 U.S. and Canadian Fellows

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CategoryField of StudyFellowInstitutionResearch topicNotesRef
Creative ArtsChoreographyCharles Edward WeidmanChoreographic pieces dealing with human values, particularly small group choreography on James Thurber's Fables for Our Time[5]
FictionRalph BatesWriting[6]
Eleanor ClarkRome and a Villa (published 1952)Also won in 1950[7]
J. R. HumphreysColumbia UniversityWriting[8]
Roger LemelinAlso won in 1946[9]
Isaac Rosenfeld[10]
Robert Penn WarrenUniversity of MinnesotaAlso won in 1939[11][2][12][6]
FilmJohn Hales WhitneyExperimental work in abstract sound filmAlso won in 1948[3]
Fine ArtsFrank Davenport DuncanAlso won in 1945[13]
Xavier GonzalezPainting[14]
Philip GustonWashington University in St. LouisAlso won in 1968[15][16]
Donal HordSculptureAlso won in 1945[3]
Jack NicholsPainting[9]
Alexander Peter RussoBard CollegeAlso won in 1949[17]
Mitchell SiporinAlso won in 1945[18]
Rudolph Charles von RipperEtching and drawingAlso won in 1945[19][20]
Music CompositionSamuel BarberComposingAlso won in 1945, 1949[21]
Edward T. Cone[22]
Ross Lee FinneySmith CollegeAlso won in 1937[19]
Gian Carlo MenottiAlso won in 1946[23]
Jerome MorossAlso won in 1949[3][22]
Alex North[22]
Harold Samuel ShaperoAlso won in 1946[19][24]
Louise Juliette TalmaAlso won in 1946[25]
PhotographyWayne Forest MillerBlack ChicagoansAlso won in 1946[26][27]
PoetryElizabeth BishopWritingAlso won in 1978[28]
Gwendolyn BrooksAlso won in 1946[29][30][31]
Robert Lowell[32]
Edward Ronald WeismillerAlso won in 1943[3]
HumanitiesAmerican LiteratureDaniel AaronSmith CollegeAmerican progressive tradition as seen in the writings of Parker, George, Bellamy, Lloyd, Rauschenbusch, Howells and Veblen[19][33]
John Wendell DoddsStanford UniversityThe Age of Paradox: A Biography of England 1841-1851 (published 1952)[3][33]
Alfred KazinAlso won in 1940, 1958, 1969[6]
Arlin TurnerDuke UniversityAlso won in 1959[34]
Architecture, Planning and DesignCarl Kenneth HerseyUniversity of Rochester[35]
Carroll Louis MeeksYale UniversityHistorical development of railroad stations as examples of architectural solutions to meet new needs[20]
BiographyShirley GrahamAnne Newport Royall and her contribution to the American mind[31][33]
Jeannette MirskyEli Whitney and the impact of his inventive and business ability in the history of the United StatesAlso won in 1949[36][33]
British HistoryWilliam HallerBarnard CollegeThought and expression in the Puritan RevolutionAlso won in 1950, 1956[37][33]
Jack H. HexterQueens College, CUNYChange in the structure of 16th-century European societyAlso won in 1942, 1979[38][33]
Arthur J. MarderAlso won in 1941, 1946[39]
Charles Loch MowatUniversity of California, Los AngelesHistory of Great Britain from Armistice Day to the evacuation of Dunkirk[4][3][33]
ClassicsMalcolm Francis McGregorUniversity of CincinnatiHistory of the ancient Athenian Empire[40][41][33]
Friedrich SolmsenCornell University[42]
English LiteratureDavid V. ErdmanWayne State UniversitySocial change in England, 1789-1806, as it influenced and was influenced by the writers of the time[43][44][33]
G. Blakemore EvansUniversity of WisconsinManuscript of miscellanies or commonplace books of English verse from 1550 to 1700 contained in the principal libraries and private collections in the United States[12]
Edward Lippincott McAdam, JrNew York UniversityDr. Johnson and the English Law (published 1951)[45]
William Andrew Ringler, JrPrinceton UniversityAlso won in 1957[46]
Hallett D. SmithWilliams College[19]
Fine Arts ResearchSumner McKnight CrosbyYale UniversityExcavations in the Basilica of Saint-Denis to gather evidence for a book on the Abbey of Saint-Denis[20]
Alfred Victor FrankensteinSan Francisco ChronicleWilliam Michael Harnett[47]
Paul FranklInstitute for Advanced StudyHistory of Gothic architecture[48][33]
José López-ReySmith CollegeDrawings of Francisco de GoyaAlso won in 1960, 1967[19]
Theodore SizerYale UniversityBiography of John Trumbull[49][20]
Folklore and Popular CultureElaine O'Beirne-RanelaghCompletion of two books: one on New York City folk songs, and one on Irish folk songs[50][51]
French HistoryPaul Harold BeikSwarthmore CollegeConflicting social philosophies in the French RevolutionAlso won in 1949[52][33]
French LiteratureWallace FowlieUniversity of ChicagoCritical and interpretive study of Stéphane Mallarmé's poetryAlso won in 1961[5]
Jeanne Varney PleasantsColumbia UniversityFrench speech, its intonations and rhythm[37]
General NonfictionJoseph Kinsey HowardMétis Nation of northwestern United States and western CanadaAlso won in 1948[53][33]
Laurence StapletonBryn Mawr CollegeThe general ideas on which democracy depends and the setting and atmosphere of democracy today as they appear to the private citizen[54]
German and Scandinavian LiteratureRichard AlewynQueens College, CUNY[55]
History of Science and TechnologyJames R. NewmanAlso won in 1946[56]
Latin American LiteratureJosé Juan ArromYale UniversitySpanish American drama and its relation to other literatureAlso won in 1964[20]
Robert Hayward BarlowNational School of Anthropology and HistoryHistory of the empire of MontezumaAlso won in 1946[57][33]
LinguisticsWolf LeslauÉcole libre des hautes étudesLanguage, traditional history, and folklore of EthiopiaAlso won in 1946[58][51]
Literary CriticismRichard Volney ChaseConnecticut CollegeHerman Melville's thought and the allegory and symbols he used to express his thoughtAlso won in 1962[19][20]
Lionel TrillingColumbia UniversityCritical essays on English and American subjectsAlso won in 1975[6][37]
Medieval LiteratureAlexander J. DenomyUniversity of TorontoMystical philosophy of Avicenna and its place in the medieval Christian world[9][33]
Francis Lee UtleyOhio State UniversityApocryphal stories of the floodAlso won in 1946, 1952[41][51]
Music ResearchHelen Margaret HewittNorth Texas State CollegeSecular choral music of Italy in the late 15th century[59]
Dragan Plamenac[60]
Walter H. RubsamenUniversity of California, Los AngelesHistorical and stylistic study of music of 18th-century ballad operas in England and the United StatesAlso won in 1957[4][3]
PhilosophyHerbert FeiglUniversity of MinnesotaPhilosophical and methodological problems of psychology[12]
Carl Gustav HempelQueens College, CUNY[61]
Paul HenleNorthwestern University[62]
Richard Otto HertzUniversity of DubuqueTheory of value based on aesthetics[63]
Henry M. RosenthalCooper Union[64]
Photography StudiesBeaumont NewhallMuseum of Modern ArtThe History of Photography, 1839 to the Present (published 1948)Also won in 1975[65]
United States HistoryEdwin Morris BettsUniversity of VirginiaEdition of Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book[66][33]
Dorothy Burne GoebelHunter College, CUNYBritish Free Ports policy and the American West Indian Interest, 1765-1815[67][33]
Richard B. MorrisCity College of New YorkEconomic and legal status of free indentured, and slave labor in the United States before the American Civil WarAlso won in 1961, 1982[68][33]
Natural SciencesApplied ScienceGeorge L. KreezerAlso won in 1945[69]
ChemistryThomas L. JacobsUniversity of California, Los AngelesPolymerization of acetylenes[4][3]
Milton OrchinResearch at the Sieff Institute[70]
Verner SchomakerCalifornia Institute of TechnologyMolecular structure[3]
David P. ShoemakerElectronic structure of metals[71][3]
James Curren WarfIowa State CollegePhysico-inorganic chemistry of certain metallic hydrides[63]
Earth ScienceHenry Paul HansenOregon State CollegePaleobotanical study of post-glacial forest migrations and climate in western Canada, based on analyses of fossil pollen gathered in peat bogs in the areaAlso won in 1943[72]
John Sinclair StevensonBritish Columbia Department of MinesOres and rocks in British Columbia Coast mountain ranges[9]
MathematicsWarren AmbroseYale UniversityAlgebras of locally-compact topological groups[20]
Garrett BirkhoffHarvard UniversityHydrodynamics[19][24]
Paul HalmosUniversity of ChicagoResearch at the Institute for Advanced Studies[73][74]
Saunders Mac LaneHarvard UniversityBorderline between algebra and algebraic tophographyAlso won in 1982[19][75][24]
Walter H. PittsMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCyberneticsAlso won in 1945[76]
Molecular and Cellular BiologyBritton ChanceUniversity of PennsylvaniaResearch with Hugo Theorell in StockholmAlso won in 1945[77][78]
Gordon MackinneyUniversity of California, Davis[4]
Berta Scharrer[79]
Organismic Biology and EcologyPhilip Jackson Darlington, JrHarvard UniversityGround beetles, with an emphasis on the Carabidae familyAlso won in 1956[19][24]
Joseph HickeyUniversity of MichiganBanded birds and their life expectancy in the wild, their turnover population in nature and other facts of value to conservationistsAlso won in 1944[44]
I. Michael LernerUniversity of California, DavisAlso won in 1952, 1956[4]
Pincus Philip LevineCornell UniversityResearch at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies[80]
Earle Gorton LinsleyUniversity of California, Davis[4]
James Hubert PepperMontana State CollegeBiochemical and physical study of the exoskeleton of the Mormon cricket, from the standpoint of insect control[53][81]
Alexander Sprunt, JrNational Audubon SocietyReference book on birds of South Carolina[82]
PhysicsFrancis Arthur JenkinsAlso won in 1932, 1958[4]
Plant ScienceAlexander Cyril FabergeUniversity of WisconsinConditions influencing gene mutation[12]
Gustav A. MehlquistWashington University in St. LouisProblems of orchid breeding[16]
Ernest RouleauUniversity of MontrealFlora of Newfoundland[9]
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural StudiesSherburne Friend CookUniversity of California, BerkeleyAlso won in 1938[83][4][84]
Anna Hadwick GaytonEspírito Santo Festival of the California Portuguese[84][51]
George HerzogColumbia UniversityMusic in primitive culturesAlso won in 1935[37][84][51]
Alice MarriottNambé Indian Pueblo in New MexicoAlso won in 1960[84][51]
Morris SwadeshLinguistic Circle of New YorkLanguage and ethnology of the "Nootka Indians" of Vancouver IslandAlso won in 1946[84][51]
Charles F. VoegelinIndiana UniversityAmerican Indian languages[2][84][51]
Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin"Native American and Eskimo" unwritten literature[2][84][51]
EconomicsMorris Eugene GarnseyUniversity of ColoradoEconomy of the mountain states[85]
Wolfgang F. StolperSwarthmore College[86]
Siegfried V. WantrupUniversity of California, DavisAlso won in 1951[4]
Political ScienceRobert Taylor Cole [de]Duke UniversityEffects of the wartime social, economic, and political change on the public personnel of CanadaAlso won in 1942[87]
Sherman KentYale UniversityProblems of national strategic intelligence operations[20][33]
PsychologyFritz HeiderSmith CollegeAlso won in 1951[19]
Alexander H. LeightonCornell UniversityComparative study of cultural and personality data dealing with "Navajo Indians, Eskimos, and Japanese"Also won in 1945[84][51]
Dorothea Leighton[84][51]
Bernard Frank RiessHunter College, CUNY[88]
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1947 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows

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CategoryField of StudyFellowInstitutionResearch topicNotesRef
Creative ArtsFine ArtsLuis Alberto Acuña [es][89]
Armando Pacheco[90]
Héctor Poleo [es]Drawing[91]
HumanitiesIberian and Latin American HistoryEduardo Arcila FaríasEconomic ideas of Spanish America during the 18th century[92]
Literary CriticismAntonio Sánchez Barbudo [es; de]Also won in 1960[93]
PhilosophyAníbal Sánchez ReuletNational University of TucumánInfluence of philosophic ideas in Spanish America, especially during the wars of independence[92]
Natural ScienceChemistryJuan Daniel Curet CuevasUniversity of Puerto Rico[94]
Earth ScienceJesús Emilio RamírezInstituto Geofísico de los Andes Colombianos[95]
Geography and Environmental StudiesGerardo Augusto Canet y AlvarezInstitute of La Víbora, HavanaAlso won in 1945[96]
MathematicsLuis Antonio SantalóResearch at the Institute for Advanced Studies[97]
Medicine and HealthWashington BuñoAlso won in 1941[98]
José Luis DuomarcoInstituto de Medicina Experimental[99]
José Jesús EstableAlso won in 1945[100]
Manuel Riveros MolinariUniversidad Nacional de Asunción Medical School[101]
Thales MartinsOswaldo Cruz InstituteAlso won in 1948[102]
Molecular and Cellular BiologyRoberto F. BanfiUniversity of Buenos Aires[103]
Organismic Biology and EcologyFederico Bonet Marco [es]Instituto Politécnico Nacional[104]
Antenor Leitão de CarvalhoAlso won in 1952[105]
José Oiticica FilhoUniversity of BrazilResearch at the Smithsonian InstitutionAlso won in 1949[106]
Plant ScienceAntonio P. L. DigilioInstituto Miguel Lillo[107]
Social ScienceAnthropology and Cultural StudiesJuan Comas CampsNational School of Anthropology and HistoryPhysical and social anthropology[84]
Javier Romero Molina [es]National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)Techniques in physical anthropology[84]
EconomicsJorge KingstonAlso won in 1940[108]
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