New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-01
PROFESSOR JEAN ROENIER

Ienox Mass Aug 81 (Special.-'rhe sudden death
Of Professor Jean Roemer at Curtis Hotel some time
during last night. a great shock 10 the motel
guests and COtagers. lie retired about ~ O'CLOCK as
lIsual. As lie did not come down TO breakfast, his
man. who has been with him for years. knocked
az his door Receiving no answer, he looked over
the ransom and saw the PROSTATE body OF Professor
Roemer on the floor the bed. When the door
was opened II was found that he must have been
dead for some time. IL Is supposed that ne got mp
as usual and before he had time 10 dress himself
dropped dead Medical Examiner lIaddock. OF III a.
field called. and pronounced the cause Of death
to be heart faIlrr..
The professor had been sufferer from locomotor
ataxia for some years. and il noticed by bis
friends among tie cottagers ard ut the hotel that
lie was not as well as usual. lie WAS able howeve:
TO 20 regularly 10 his meals In the dining room. and
was at supper The night before. lie not thought
TO he tn any Immediate danger. The body was taken
to the Episcopal Church this afternoon, where It will
remain over night and services be held In the
Ing after which II will he taken TO New York.
Jean Roemer was born IN England about eighty years
ago. lie was taken In Infancy to Hanover AID
afterward 10 Holland. His early education was con
Quoted hy private tutors under the guardianship OF
William !. King OF the Netherlands and OF Frederica
Louisa Wilhclmlna Princess OF Orange, and wife Of
Charles George Augustus, he!rapparent to the CROWN
o. Brunswick. lie intended for the army and
served in tue cavalry, the Dutch side. throughout
tho war between Holland and Belgium. subsequently
lie lived in Naples. where close intimacy with The
Prince Of syracuse Vceroy OF sicily. and pub
lishc articles that attributed TO him. caused much
comment. They gave offence 10 King Ferdinand H.,
who disirSt.d the liberal tendencies OF his brother.
Professor ROemer wac. therefore recalled from Ialy
early in l-4J.
some time after The death OF william J.. whose
successor appears to have been more friendly toward
Professor Kocmrr than that sovereign. Professor
ROeIlcr forth claims titles and estates. the
right To- which denied him Oh special grounds
Even al the congress Of German >Overeigs IA Frank
Fort Ia 1868. vrlksuppOrtcd attempt al compromise
concerning his prctrIlsiOS remained without result
since l-iG he has lived in the United State. In
ls4s hr became professor OF the French language
and literature in the New York Free Academy. and In
sCs after that Institution had become the COLLEGE "
the CIT! Of New York he was also appointed vice
pre- drut Of IL.
He held both positions until the time OF his death.
He Was well liked by all the mrnl-rs OF the faculty
and by the students.
Since 1855 Professor Roem-r has suffered from
rheumatism. which caused him 10 he absent frum
college for weeks at a time.
In addition 10 articles md pamphlets on agIi-
culture. education ard lnl1istic. he published "A
DICTIONARY of English. French idoms.' polygot
Readers" in French. German. italian. spanish and
English. Cavalry H. History. MANAGEMENT aud
| Sc> iu War" "touf~ dc Lecture It d. Taductinn"
Principle, ~ General Grimnar" and Origins ~ the
English People and Of -" English Language