Constellation Similarity Assertions

Blackmar received his A.B. in 1881 and his A.M. in 1884, both from Pacific University. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1889. He joined the faculty of KU in 1889 in the Department of History and Sociology, although he also taught Economics. He became the first Dean of the Graduate School in 1897 and served until 1922. He died in 1931 of complications from influenza.

From the guide to the Personal Papers of Frank Blackmar, 1889-1931, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives)