Babcock, Donald C. (Donald Campbell), 1885-1986

University of New Hampshire philosophy professor, minister, and poet.

Donald C. Babcock was a professor of History and then Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire from 1937 to 1956. Prof. Babcock worked with Philip Marston, Harold Scudder and Henry Stevens to produce a history of the University for its 75th anniversary celebration in 1941. The University was originally founded in 1866 in Hanover, NH at which time it was called the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechnaic Arts. The college moved to Durham, NH in 1893 and became the University of New Hampshire in 1923.