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| 1839 | Born in Cambridge, Mass., to Benjamin and Sarah Hunt (Mills) Peirce, 10 Sept. |
| 1847–50 | Worked his way through Liebig’s method of chemical analysis |
| 1858 | First publication: “Think Again!” Harvard Magazine, Apr. |
| 1859 | Graduated (A.B.) from Harvard Temporary aide in U.S. Coast Survey, fall to spring ’60 |
| 1860 | Studied classification with Agassiz at Harvard, summer-fall |
| 1861 | Entered Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard Appointed regular aide in Coast Survey, 1 July |
| 1862 | Received graduate degree (A.M.) from Harvard 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 Began Logic Notebook, 12 Nov.; last entry in Nov. ’09 |
| 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 Dec. ’08 Assistant at Harvard Observatory, Oct. ’69–Dec. ’72 Delivered Harvard lectures on “British Logicians,” Dec.–Jan. |
| 1870 | First Coast Survey assignment in Europe, 18 Jun. ’70–7 Mar. ’71 |
| 1871–72 | Founded Cambridge Metaphysical Club in spring, or in Jan. ’72 In charge of Survey office, spring-summer Put in charge of pendulum experiments, beginning in Nov. Promoted to rank of Assistant in the Survey, 1 Dec. |
| 1875 | Second Coast Survey assignment in Europe, Apr. ’75–Aug. ’76 First official American delegate to the International Geodetic Association, Paris, 20–29 Sept. |
| 1876 | Separated from Melusina, Oct. |
| 1877 | Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 20 Apr. Third Coast Survey assignment in Europe, 13 Sept.–18 Nov. Represented U.S. at International Geodetic Association conference in Stuttgart, 27 Sept.–2 Oct. |
| 1878 | Photometric Researches published in Aug. |
| 1879–84 | Lecturer in logic at Johns Hopkins University |
| 1879 | First meeting of Johns Hopkins Metaphysical Club, 28 Oct. |
| 1880 | Elected to London Mathematical Society, 11 Mar. Fourth Coast Survey assignment in Europe, Apr.–Aug. Addressed French Academy on value of gravity, 14 June Designed and supervised construction of the first of four gravity pendulums bearing his name Death of Peirce’s father, Benjamin, 6 Oct. |
| 1881 | Elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science in Aug. |
| 1883 | Studies in Logic published in spring Divorced Melusina, 24 Apr. Married Juliette Froissy (Pourtalais), 30 Apr. Fifth and final Coast Survey assignment in Europe, May-Sept. |
| 1883–91 | Prepared about 15,000 definitions for Century Dictionary (published 1889–91) |
| 1884 | Forced to resign from Johns Hopkins; moved to Washington, D.C. in Sept. In charge of U.S. Office of Weights and Measures, Oct. ’84–22 Feb. ’85 |
| 1884–86 | Directed pendulum operations to determine relative gravity at Washington, D.C. and various field sites, Jul. ’84–Feb ’86 |
| 1886 | Moved from Washington, D.C. to New York City, Mar. Operations at Stevens Institute, Hoboken, summer Relieved of field operations for the Coast Survey, 15 Aug. |
| 1887 | Received first inquiries about his correspondence course in logic, Jan. Submitted, under pressure, his report on General Greely’s pendulum work at Fort Conger, 11 Apr. Moved with Juliette to Milford, Penn. 28 Apr.; by May 11 rented a house (in town) for the summer Finished first paper after moving to Milford, “Criticism on Phantasms of the Living,” 14 May. Published in Dec. Death of Peirce’s mother, Sarah Mills, 10 Oct. |
| 1887–88 | Turned “One, Two, Three” (1885–86) into “A Guess at the Riddle” |
| 1888 | Appointed by President Cleveland to U.S. Assay Commission, 1 Jan. Death of Charlotte Elizabeth Peirce, his aunt, 4 Feb. Rented Scheinmee Homestead on Broad Street, Milford, 28 Apr. Assigned a clerk, Allan Risteen, for Coast Survey work Risteen and wife stay with Peirce’s in Milford, Apr.–Jul. Purchased with Juliette the Quick farm about two miles northeast of Milford, 10 May; renamed Arisbe in 1891 |
| 1889 | First edition of Century Dictionary published; continues till 1891 Started renovations on Quick farmhouse, Jan. O. H. Mitchell, 37, died of pneumonia at Marietta, 29 Mar. Juliette diagnosed with tuberculosis in May Thomas Corwin Mendenhall succeeded Thorn as superintendent of the Coast Survey, 9 Jul. After many delays, submitted report on gravity at Smithsonian, Ann Arbor, Madison, and Cornell, 20 Nov. Never published Juliette travelled to Mediterranean for her health, Nov. 27–spring ’90 |
| 1890 | Ernst Schröder resumed correspondence with Peirce, 1 Feb. Helped organize the New York Times debate on Spencer; contributed under the name “Outsider,” 23 Mar.–27 Apr. Invited by Paul Carns to write article for inaugural issue of the Monist, 2 Jul.; submitted “The Architecture of Theories,” 3 Aug. (too late for the first issue), launching one of his most important publishing relationships |
| 1891 | Forced to resign from Coast and Geodetic Survey, 31 Dec. |
| 1892 | Delivered Lowell lectures on “The History of Science,” 28 Nov.’92–5 Jan. ’93 |
| 1893 | Petrus Peregrinus announced; prospectus published, Oct. “Search for a Method” announced by Open Court (not completed) “The Principles of Philosophy” (in 12 vols.) announced by Henry Holt Co., Dec. (not completed) |
| 1894 | “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. |
| 1896–97 | Reviewed Ernst Schröder’s 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 Putnam’s (not completed) William James introduced “Pragmatism” to Berkeley Philosophical Union, naming Peirce its father, 26 Aug. |
| 1901 | Contributed to Baldwin’s Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology Presented “On the Logic of Research into Ancient History” to National Academy of Sciences, 12–14 Nov. |
| 1901–02 | Completed the first four chapters of “Minute Logic” |
| 1902 | Applied to Carnegie Institution for grant to fund “Proposed Memoirs on Minute Logic” (rejected) |
| 1903 | Delivered Harvard lectures on “Pragmatism,” 26 Mar.–17 May Delivered Lowell lectures on “Some Topics of Logic,” 23 Nov.–17 Dec. Began correspondence with Victoria Lady Welby |
| 1905–06 | Published three Monist papers on pragmatism (series incomplete) |
| 1906 | Presented paper on existential graphs to National Academy of Sciences, Apr. Presented paper on phaneroscopy to National Academy of Sciences, Nov. |
| 1907 | Delivered three Harvard Philosophy Club lectures on “Logical Methodeutic,” 8–13 Apr. Wrote lengthy letter to the Nation and Atlantic Monthly on pragmatism (especially R 318) |
| 1908 | Published “A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God,” Hibbert Journal, Oct. |
| 1908–09 | Published Monist series on “Amazing Mazes” |
| 1909 | Originated a matrix method for three-valued logic; recorded in his Logic Notebook (R 339), 23 Feb. |
| 1911 | Wrote “A Sketch of Logical Critics” for volume to honor Lady Welby (not completed) Last public presentation: “The Reasons of Reasoning, or Grounds of Inferring” at meeting of National Academy of Sciences, 21–22 Nov. |
| 1914 | Died of cancer at Arisbe, 19 Apr. |
