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Born
Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl was born in Prostějov, Czechia on April 8th, 1859. Landgrebe, L. M. (2021, April 23). Edmund Husserl. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 21, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmund-Husserl. -
"Logical Investigations"
Logische Untersuchungen (Logical Investigations) one of Husserl's first major pieces of work is published and is essentially the introduction to his creation of phenomenology. Phenomenology is a way of thinking focusing on the experiences and consciousness of individuals throughout life. Husserl, E. (2001). Logical Investigations- Volume 1. Philosophy Papers. Retrieved November 21, 2021, from https://philpapers.org/archive/HUSLIV.pdf. -
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Husserl becomes a professor
Becoming a teacher at the faculty at Göttingen Germany, contributed largely to the influence of the phenomenological movement. Husserl knew in teaching that he was simply the "beginner", to plant the seed for all the young minds to create great things, think deeply, and expand greatly. -
Becomes University Professor
Eventually Husserl was asked to become the ordentlicher professor (university professor) at the University of Freiburg. Through this new position, he understood a new way of thinking and saw World War I as the fall of the Old World and time to give birth to an innovative and new way of thinking. Short video on Phenomenology: https://youtu.be/d5geMLe5tbM -
"The Crisis of European Science and Transcendental Phenomenology"
Husserl's last piece of work before passing, so much so it was never actually finished. Arguably one of his largest contributions towards the philosophy of science, it lasts as an inspiration and influence on other philosophers. The book was Husserl's attempt to unite the ties between phenomenology and existentialism. Husserl, E. (2000). The crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology: An introduction to phenomenological philosophy. Northwestern University Press. -
Date of Death (but a prepared one)
Edmund Husserl dies in Freiburg, Germany on April 27, 1938. A biography from Stanford University states, "His manuscripts (more than 4000 pages in total) were rescued by Franciscan Herman Leo Van Breda, who brought them to Leuven (Belgium), where the first Husserl archive was founded" (Beyer). Beyer, C. (2020, November 18). Edmund Husserl. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved November 21, 2021, from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/husserl/.