Herbert Sanborn

Herbert Charles Sanborn

• School Boston University, Tufts College, Heidelberg University (Germany), University of Berlin, University of Halle, University of Leipzig, University of Munich
• Born February 18, 1873 in Winchester, MA USA
• Died July 7, 1967 in Williamson County, TN USA

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Herbert Sanborn was a minor league player and college coach. He attended Boston University, Tufts College, and the University of Munich.. In 1898, he played professionally for the Meriden Bulldogs of the Connecticut State League after pitching the previous season for Dover in the New Hampshire League.

At Tufts College, he received a Ph.B. in 1896 and an A.M. in 1897. As a student, he was editor-in-chief of the Beacon, managed the baseball and football teams, held a Jacob Sleeper Fellowship, and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He later pursued further study at Heidelberg University, the University of Berlin, the University of Halle, and the University of Leipzig from 1900 to 1902, and earned a Ph.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Munich in 1908.

Sanborn's academic career included service as a teacher of modern languages in Concord, MA and Naugatuck, CT, principal of Naugatuck High School, head of the German department at Bancroft School in Worcester, MA, professor of philosophy at Washington College in Chestertown, MD, and chair of philosophy at Vanderbilt University. He also edited a number of German texts, including Der Zerbrochene Krug, Der Besuch im Karzer, Das Edle Blut, Der Neffe als Onkel, Karl Heinrich, Teja, and Der Trompeter von Saeckingen, wrote Ueber die Identitaet der Person, contributed to magazines, and belonged to the Sons of the American Revolution and the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology.

As a faculty member at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, Sanborn was appointed coach of Vanderbilt's baseball team in 1912. He coached Vanderbilt in 1912 and 1913 and finished with a 21-17-2 record. He served on the faculty from 1911 to 1942, when he was forced out by the board of Trustees after being the university's sole member of its psychology department for many years. Two papers were written documenting his anti-Semitic and racist views, self-publishing pamphlets about international conspiracies. He also worked against the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s..

Sanborn died on July 7, 1967 in Williamson County, TN at 94 years old.