[1] Albert graduated from the University of Neuchâtel (1888–1892),[2] and studied at Berlin, Tübingen (Ph.D., 1894),[2] Sorbonne and Collège de France (1894),[2] and in the United States at Clark University.

He finally retired after teaching French at the University of Pennsylvania in 1941.

He spent the rest of his time as a visiting professor at Indiana, Texas, and Iowa University.

[1] He was a guest editor for an issue of the Modern Language Journal.

[6] His book J. J. Rousseau: A Forerunner of Pragmatism was also reviewed in the Modern Language Quarterly.