Eldest son of Blanchard B. Weber, publisher of the Salamanca Republican-Express newspaper. Was the valedictorian of the first graduating class (1887) from Salamanca High School.
Entered Cornell University in 1890 and graduated in 1894 with a bachelor of philosophy in history and political science. He was senior class president and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. While at Cornell, he was a campus reporter for Ithaca and NYC newspapers, After graduation, he remained at Cornell and worked as an assistant to the university president for one year.
In 1895, he commenced his graduate studies, which included one year in Germany. During this time, he gathered research material for his dissertation, "The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century." When it was published, it received the Grant Squires Prize. When reprinted in the early 1960s, Weber's thesis was recognized as a "classic pioneer work' and "as the first really sound, comprehensive and complete contribution to urban studies by an American." Weber received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1899.
Entered Cornell University in 1890 and graduated in 1894 with a bachelor of philosophy in history and political science. He was senior class president and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. While at Cornell, he was a campus reporter for Ithaca and NYC newspapers, After graduation, he remained at Cornell and worked as an assistant to the university president for one year.
In 1895, he commenced his graduate studies, which included one year in Germany. During this time, he gathered research material for his dissertation, "The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century." When it was published, it received the Grant Squires Prize. When reprinted in the early 1960s, Weber's thesis was recognized as a "classic pioneer work' and "as the first really sound, comprehensive and complete contribution to urban studies by an American." Weber received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1899.
Eldest son of Blanchard B. Weber, publisher of the Salamanca Republican-Express newspaper. Was the valedictorian of the first graduating class (1887) from Salamanca High School.
Entered Cornell University in 1890 and graduated in 1894 with a bachelor of philosophy in history and political science. He was senior class president and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. While at Cornell, he was a campus reporter for Ithaca and NYC newspapers, After graduation, he remained at Cornell and worked as an assistant to the university president for one year.
In 1895, he commenced his graduate studies, which included one year in Germany. During this time, he gathered research material for his dissertation, "The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century." When it was published, it received the Grant Squires Prize. When reprinted in the early 1960s, Weber's thesis was recognized as a "classic pioneer work' and "as the first really sound, comprehensive and complete contribution to urban studies by an American." Weber received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1899.
Entered Cornell University in 1890 and graduated in 1894 with a bachelor of philosophy in history and political science. He was senior class president and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. While at Cornell, he was a campus reporter for Ithaca and NYC newspapers, After graduation, he remained at Cornell and worked as an assistant to the university president for one year.
In 1895, he commenced his graduate studies, which included one year in Germany. During this time, he gathered research material for his dissertation, "The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century." When it was published, it received the Grant Squires Prize. When reprinted in the early 1960s, Weber's thesis was recognized as a "classic pioneer work' and "as the first really sound, comprehensive and complete contribution to urban studies by an American." Weber received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1899.
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