Charles S. Peirce - The Essential Peirce: Selected Philosophical Writings, Volume 2: 1893-1913

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1839

Born in Cambridge, Mass., to Benjamin and Sarah Hunt (Mills) Peirce, 10 Sept.

1859

Graduated (A.B.) from Harvard

1861

Appointed aid in Coast Survey, 1 July

1862

Married Harriet Melusina Fay, 16 Oct.

1863

Graduated summa cum laude (Sc.B.) in Chemistry from Lawrence Scientific School

1865

Delivered Harvard lectures on The Logic of Science, spring

1866

Delivered Lowell Institute lectures on The Logic of Science; or Induction and Hypothesis, 24 Oct.1 Dec.

1867

Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 30 Jan.

1869

Wrote first of about 300 Nation reviews; last in 1908

Assistant at Harvard Observatory, Oct. 69-Dec. 72

Delivered Harvard lectures on British Logicians, Dec.Jan.

1870

Travelled to Europe on first assignment for Coast Survey, 18 June 707 Mar. 71

1872

Co-founded Cambridge Metaphysical Club, Jan.

Promoted to rank of Assistant in the Survey, 1 Dec.

1875

Travelled to Europe on second assignment for Coast Survey, Apr. 75-Aug. 76

1876

Separated from Melusina, Oct.

1877

Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 20 Apr.

Travelled to Europe on third assignment for Coast Survey, 13 Sept.18 Nov.

1878

Published Photometric Researches, Aug.

187984

Lectured in logic at Johns Hopkins University

1880

Elected to London Mathematical Society, 11 Mar.

Travelled to Europe on fourth assignment for Coast Survey, Apr.Aug.

Death of Peirces father, Benjamin, Sr., 6 Oct.

1881

Elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science in Aug.

1883

Published Studies in Logic, spring

Divorced Melusina, 24 Apr.

Married Juliette Froissy (Pourtalais), 30 Apr.

Travelled to Europe on fifth and final assignment for Coast Survey, MaySept.

1884

Served as head of U.S. Office of Weights and Measures, Oct. 8422 Feb. 85

188591

Worked intensively on preparation of more than 5,000 definitions for Century Dictionary (published 188991)

1886

Settled with Juliette in New York City and began reports on his gravity field work.

1887

Moved to Milford, Penn., 28 Apr.

Death of Peirces mother, Sarah Mills, 12 Oct.

1888

Appointed by President Cleveland to the U.S. Assay Commission, 1 Jan.

Purchased Arisbe, 2 miles north of Milford, 10 May

1891

Resigned from Coast and Geodetic Survey, 31 Dec.

189193

Published Monist Metaphysical Series

1892

Delivered Lowell lectures on The History of Science, 28 Nov. 925 Jan. 93

1893

Search for a Method announced by Open Court; not completed

1894

The Principles of Philosophy (in 12 vols.) announced by Henry Holt Co.; not completed

How to Reason rejected by both Macmillan and Ginn & Co.

1895

New Elements of Mathematics rejected by Ginn & Co.

1896

Consulting chemical engineer (till 02), St. Lawrence Power Co.

189697

Reviews of Ernst Schroders works on logic of relatives

1898

Delivered Cambridge lectures on Reasoning and the Logic of Things, 10 Feb.7 Mar.

The History of Science announced by Putnams; not completed

Acknowledged by Wm. James as father of pragmatism in lecture to the Berkeley Philosophical Union in which James introduced Pragmatism, 26 Aug.

1901