William Dwight Whitney family papers 1778-1951 1814-1912

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...

Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914

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Rockhill was an American scholar-diplomat known especially as the first Westerner to befriend and advise a Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was U.S. Minister to Greece, Romania, Serbia, China, Russia, and Turkey. From the guide to the William Woodville Rockhill papers, 1826-1941., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Dwight, Timothy, 1828-1916

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Congregational minister, president of Yale. From the description of Letters of Timothy Dwight [manuscript], 1894-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812954 Timothy Dwight was born on November 16, 1828 in Norwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1849 (B.A.) and 1852 (M.A.). Dwight was licensed to preach in 1855 and ordained in 1861. He served Yale College as tutor (1851-1855), assistant professor (1858-1861) and professor of Sacred Liter...

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an American author and Unitarian minister. Hale was involved in many social reform movements, including abolition and popular education. He is best known for his 1863 short story, "The Man Without a Country," which promoted patriotic support of the Union. From the guide to the Edward Everett Hale Letters, 1884-1897, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918

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Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, was educated at Harvard and served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, when he was Minister to England. He rejected a political career to teach history at Harvard and edit The North American review, 1870-1877, then returned to Washington. He wrote prolifically on many subjects and is best known for his Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904) and The education of Henry Adams (1907). From the description of Henry Adam...

Hadley, James, 1821-1872

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James Hadley: philologist; B.A., Yale, 1842; spent two years at the Yale Divinity School, 1844-1845; appointed tutor in Yale College in 1845, promoted to asst. prof. of Greek in 1848, in 1851 succeeded Theodore Dwight Woolsey, holding the chair of Greek until retirement. Arthur Twining Hadley was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on April 23, 1856, the son of James Hadley, a professor of Greek at Yale. He graduated from Yale College, Class of 1876, studied at the Universit...

Lepsius, Richard, 1810-1884

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German Egyptologist. From the description of Letter : Rome, to Arcangelo Migliarini, Torino, 1837 Sept. 23. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79860266 ...

Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909

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Marsh, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1823-1896

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Carter, Franklin, 1837-1919

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Author, professor of languages, president of Williams College, 1881-1901. From the description of Letter to Mr. Rees, n.y. May 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54752195 ...

McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900

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University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine graduate (1840) who spent most of his career as a Protestant medical missionary in China and Japan. From the description of Notes on the natural history, philology, archaeology, geography of China and Japan, no. 2, 1880-1898. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226754546 ...

Whitney, Henry Mitchell, 1843-1911

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Weber, Albrecht, 1825-1901

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McKinstry, John Alexander, 1811-

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Scribner, Charles, 1821-1871

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Hall, Fitzedward, 1825-1901

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Gurney, Ephraim Whitman, 1829-1886.

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Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max), 1823-1900

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F. Max Müller (1823-1900) was a German scholar of comparative language, religion, and mythology. Müller's special areas of interest were Sanskrit philology and the religions of India. Müller was instrumental in editing and translating into English some of the most ancient and revered religious and philosophical texts of Asia. Born in Dessau, duchy of Anhalt [Germany], he moved to England in 1846 and settled in Oxford in 1848, where he became deputy professor of modern languages in 1850. He wa...

Holt, Henry, 1840-1926

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American author and publisher. From the description of Papers of Henry Holt [manuscript], 1905 April 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816422 ...

Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

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Charles Eliot Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was a professor of the history of fine arts at Harvard. Eliot Norton was his son. From the guide to the Charles Eliot Norton letters to Eliot Norton, 1867-1908., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American author, editor, and educator. From the description of Letter to Edwin D. Mead [manuscript], 1881 May 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814472 ...

Hibben, James, 1824-1856.

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Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902

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Godkin was an editor and political writer. He was founder and first editor of The Nation (founded in 1865) and later also editor of the New York Evening Post. From the description of Edwin Lawrence Godkin papers, 1845-1927. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612368182 American journalist and essayist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, Wednesday 12th. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269587330 Edwin Lawrence Godkin was an author, journ...

Bowles, Samuel, 1826-1878

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Bowles was an American journalist and publisher. From the description of Letter, a portrait, and newspaper clippings, 1872-ca. 1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80880580 Samuel Bowles was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on February 9, 1826. He was the editor of the daily edition of the Springfield Republican from 1844 to 1878. Noted for his willingness to comment on matters of political corruption, he was the subject of a libel suit. Bowles was involved with the Liber...

Drisler, Henry, 1818-1897

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Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916

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William Hayes Ward, 1835-1916, born Abington, Mass. Editor, Assyriologist, author. Educated 1856 Amherst, 1859 graduated Andover Seminary, 1885 LLD Amherst. Ordained Congregationalist minister. Associate editor, later editor-in-chief of "The Independent" (New York weekly) between 1868-1913. Director of Wolfe Expedition to Babylonia 1884-85. President of American Oriental Society. Wrote Biography of Sydney Lanier, What I Believe and Why, etc. Samuel Sydney McClure,1857-19...

March, Francis Andrew, 1825-1911

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Professor of English. From the description of [Addresses, reprints, etc.]. 1861-1893. (Lafayette College). WorldCat record id: 52474842 ...

Perry, Thomas Sergeant, 1845-1928

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Perry was an American literary critic, scholar, and educator. Fay was an Episcopal clergyman who left the ministry because of poor health. He was a regular contributor of notes and reviews to The Nation and other papers. From the description of Letters to Hercules Warren Fay, 1891-1896. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122564012 From the guide to the Thomas Sergeant Perry letters to Hercules Warren Fay, 1891-1896., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard...

Learned, Sarah Birdseye Whitney, 1824-1864.

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Foster, Henrietta Perkins Baldwin, 1830-1910.

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Green, William Henry, 1825-1900

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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878

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Joseph Henry (1797-1878, APS 1835), a physicist, was the first secretary and director of the Smithsonian Institution, a post he retained for over three decades. Henry was a leading experimental scientist whose contributions include several discoveries in the field of electromagnetics. He has been credited with the invention of the electromagnet and the telegraph, among other things. Henry was born in 1797 in Albany, New York, the son of William Henry, a teamster, and his wife An...

Lanman, Charles Rockwell, 1850-1941

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Epithet: orientalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x00009b Lanman taught Sanskrit at Harvard. From the description of Lecture before Greek D, January 23, 1893. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073834 From the description of Papers of Charles Rockwell Lanman, 1863-1938 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 236232213 From the description of Paper...

Whitney family.

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Kingsley, William Lathrop, 1824-1896

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Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894

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Josiah Dwight Whitney was born on November 23, 1819 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1839 (B.A.) and studied geology in Europe. He participated in the Lake Superior region survey (1847-1849) and several other expeditions through the 1860s. Whitney taught at Harvrd University and published several works on geology. He died in Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire on August 19, 1896. From the guide to the William Dwight Whitney family papers, 1778-1951, 1814-1912,...

Thompson, Joseph P. (Joseph Parrish), 1819-1879

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Allen, F. D. (Frederic De Forest), 1844-1897

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Allen was Professor of Classical Philology, 1880-1897, at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Frederic DeForest Allen, 1882. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972758 ...

Pertsch, Wilhelm, 1832-1899

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Cooke, Theodore, 1815-1871.

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Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908

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American educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to W. Reid, 1871 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269584399 Biographical Note: Daniel Coit Gilman was an educator and first president of The Johns Hopkins University. From the description of Daniel Coit Gilman papers, 1773-1925. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 48134620 Daniel Coit Gilman: president of the University of California, 1872-1875; president of Johns Hop...

Joynes, Edward S. (Edward Southey), 1834-1917

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Camp, Mary

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Peckham, Stephen Farnum, 1839-1918

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Stephen Peckham was a professor of chemistry and physics at the University of Minnesota from 1874-1880. From the description of Stephen Peckham papers, 1874-1880. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63301089 Stephen Farnum Peckham, a chemist, was interested in the oil refining process, and particularly the occurrence of petroleum in Southern California. From the description of Stephen Farnum Peckham papers, 1865-1881. (Unknown). WorldCat r...

Martin, W.A.P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916

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Dr. W.A.P. Martin (1827-1916); appointed to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in 1849, assigned to Ningpo station, China. In 1857 his fluency in the Chinese language won for him the post of interpreter to the US legation to China. In 1863 Dr. Martin was transferred to Peking. In 1868 he organized the International Law and Language School in Peking. From the description of Papers, 1860, 1887. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 48273086 ...

Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887

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Geologist who began his career as a teacher in Oberlin, Ohio. From the description of Ferdinand V. Hayden papers, 1846-1865. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18376030 Surveyor and geologist. From the description of Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570213 F. V. Hayden (1829-1887) was a physician turned geologist, explorer, and naturalist; originally of Westfield,...

Baynes, T. Spencer (Thomas Spencer), 1823-1887

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Short, Charles, 1821-1886

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Epithet: of the Melbourne Argus British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x0002e0 Epithet: Director of the E India Co British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x000095 Epithet: Clerk of the Rules in King's Bench British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x00...

Ripley, George, 1802-1880

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American editor and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Thomas Carlyle, 1835 June 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655148 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : "Office of the N.Y. Tribune," to the Reverend Dr. [William Buell] Sprague, 1858 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872170 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the Rev. H.D. Mayo, 1862 Sept. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Whitney, Clarissa James, 1801-1876.

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Smith, Roswell, 1829-1892

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American publisher of Scribner's, Century, and St. Nicholas magazines. From the description of Letter to Richard Watson Gilder, 1886 December 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49223817 American publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Joseph W. Harper, Jr., 1878 Mar. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663551 ...

Whitney, Margaret Dwight.

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Salisbury, Edward Elbridge, 1814-1901

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American Philological Association. Meeting

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American Philological Association, founded in 1869, deals with topics relating to classical languages, literature and history. From the description of American Philological Association records, 1868-1986. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 463434637 ...

Putnam, Samuel Osgood.

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Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910

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William Graham Sumner was born in Paterson, New Jersey on October 30, 1840. He graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1863) and studied in Europe (1863-1866). He served as a tutor at Yale (1866-1869) and was ordained as a priest of the Calvary Church in New York City in 1869. In 1872 Sumner was appointed to the newly created chair of political and social science at Yale. He retired as professor emeritus in 1909. Sumner was an educational and administrative leader at Yale, and had a substantive im...

Hall, Issac Hollister, 1837-1896.

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Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889

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Educator, early photographic experimenter, University of Alabama professor, 1837-1854. From the guide to the Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard letter and speech MSS. 0113., 1848; 1862, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama) ...

Roth, Rudolf ˜vonœ 1821-1895

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Joy, Charles A. (Charles Arad), 1823-1891

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Whitney, Marian P. (Marian Parker), 1861-

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Whitney taught German at Vassar beginning in 1905 and was active in the American Association of University Professors, National Council of Women, and International Council of Women. From the description of Papers, 1842-1945, 1871-1945 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155520365 ...

Yale University. Faculty.

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Dwight, William, 1831-1888

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Avery, John, 1837-1887

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B.A., Amherst, 1861; studied at Yale, 1863-1867; professor of Latin and Greek, Iowa College, Grinnell, 1870-1877; professor of Greek, Bowdoin, 1877-1887; steady contributor to the American Oriental Society. From the description of John Avery papers, ca. 1867-1885 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165958 From the guide to the John Avery papers, 1867-1885, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Abbot, Ezra, 1819-1884

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Ezra Abbot (1819-1884) is considered to be one of the most preeminent scholars of New Testament textual criticism in the nineteenth century. He was the Bussey Professorship of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Harvard Divinity School from 1872 to 1884. From the description of Ezra Abbot. Papers, 1870-1882. (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 421962685 Ezra Abbot (1819-1884) is considered one of the most preeminent scholars of New Te...

Whitney, J.D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896

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Born in Northampton, Mass., Nov. 23, 1819, son of Josiah Dwight and Sarah (Williston) , grad. Yale 1839, read law 1841, traveled and studied in France, Germany, Italy, 1842-45, worked survey of mineral lands of Northern Peninsula of Mich., 1847-49, Ia. State Chemist Ill. State Survey, Geologist of Cal., 1860-74, opened Harvard School of Mines, 1868, elected to Geol. Soc. of London. Author of Metal Wealth of the U.S. and other books. Married Louisa Goddard Howe in June, 1854, had 1 daughter. Died...

Wheeler, William A. (William Adolphus), 1833-1874

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Philologist and librarian. From the description of Letters to William A. Wheeler, 1861-1871. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 63167590 ...

Muir, J. (John), 1810-1882

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Sanskrit scholar. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Arran, to Prof. Knight, 1872 Aug. 14-15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612750 ...

Lane, George Martin, 1823-1897

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George Martin Lane (1823-1897) was Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature at Harvard. He taught at Harvard from 1851 to 1894 and set a precedent as the first faculty member to be pensioned upon retirement. Lane's association with Harvard was life-long: he was a Cambridge native, attended Harvard as an undergraduate, and taught at Harvard for 43 years. From the description of Papers of George Martin Lane, 1797-1897. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972805 ...

Bloomfield, Maurice, 1855-1928

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Maurice Bloomfield was a professor of Sanskrit, The Johns Hopkins University, 1881-1891. He received his Ph. D. from Hopkins in 1879. Bloomfield was the author of several books on Vedic language and literature. From the description of Maurice Bloomfield letter, 1880. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 49301568 ...

Goodwin, William Watson, 1831-1912

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Goodwin graduated from Harvard in 1851 and taught Greek literature at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Watson Goodwin, 1853-1929 (inclusive), 1879-1911 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069361 Epithet: Professor of Greek at Harvard University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x0001d2 ...

Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909

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American astronomist and political economist. From the description of Typed letter : [Washington, D.C., to the editors of The Critic, Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder, 1884 Aug. 19]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645229686 American astronomer. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (3) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1886 Mar. 16-1883 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612661 Astronomer, mathematician, and economist. ...

Hopkins, Mark, 1802-1887

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Strong, Stephen Chester, 1824-1909.

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Gabb, William M.

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Whitney, Maria, 1830-1910.

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Rost, Reinhold, 1822-1896

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Baldwin, Simeon E. (Simeon Eben), 1840-1927

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Simeon Eben Baldwin (1840-1927) graduated from Yale University in 1861, became a member of the bar in 1863, and was founder of the American Bar Association in 1878 and its president in 1890. He served as the Association's Director of the Bureau of Comparative Law (1907-1919), as an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, as the state's governor (1910-1914), and produced numerous articles and books. From the description of Diaries, 1851-1924 [microform...

Putnam, Elizabeth Noble Whitney, 1822-1863.

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Fisher, Irving, 1867-1947

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Irving Fisher (1867-1947) was an economist and professor of political economy at Yale University from 1898 to 1935. He specialized in monetary economics and in the application of mathematical techniques to the solution of economic problems. From the description of Irving Fisher papers, 1932-1938. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122314185 From the guide to the Irving Fisher papers, 1932-1938, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880

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Physician, chemist, and geologist. From the description of Papers of Charles T. Jackson, 1829-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066585 Physician and chemist. From the description of Papers, 1871, July 21-Aug. 9, Boston. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35149330 ...

Regnier, Adolphe, 1804-1884

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Ginn, Edwin, 1838-1914

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Whitney, Josiah D. (Josiah Dwight), 1786-1869

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Whitney, Edward Baldwin, 1857-1911.

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Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895

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American scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Utica, New York, to T.F. Dwight, 1865 Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530661 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to E.W. Hilgard, 1877 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870623 ...

Cowell, Edward B. (Edward Byles), 1826-1903

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Edward Byles Cowell (1826-1903), scholar and man of letters, was born in Ipswich on 23 January 1826. He studied Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic, before training in his father's business as a merchant and maltster from 1842. He entered Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1850 (B.A., 1854), and catalogued manuscripts for the Bodleian Library. Cowell was Professor of English History at Presidency College, Calcutta, 1856-1864, and became Principal of the Sanskrit College in Calcutta in 1858. He returned to En...

Thomas, Joseph, 1811-1891

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Lexicographer, 1854-1871 associated with J.B. Lippincott and Co., edited a series of reference books, A new complete gazetteer of the United States; founder of Swarthmore College with Edward Parrish; professor of English, 1874-1887. From the description of Letter to William Wheeler, 1868 November 12. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55057639 From the description of Letter to William Wheeler [manuscript], 1868 November 12. (University of Virginia). WorldCat recor...

Whitney, Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin, 1824-1912.

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Child, Francis James, 1825-1896

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The materials in this bound volume were generated due to a manuscript called the "Harris manuscript." The Harris manuscript was written down by the sisters Amelia Harris (1815-1891) and Jane Harris (1823-1897). They compiled a family repertoire of Scottish ballads, mainly passed on orally to the sisters by their mother, Grace Dow Harris (Mrs. David Harris) (b.1782). This manuscript and some correspondence was purchased in 1873 by Professor Francis James Child of Harvard University who was a scho...

Perkins, Frances W., 1839-

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Van Name, Addison, 1835-1922.

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Kuhn, Adalbert, 1812-1881

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Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910

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Brewer went to Yale in 1848 to study soil analysis with J.P. Norton. He left to teach for two years, retuned and got his Ph. D. from the Sheffield Scientific School in 1852. After Yale he went to study in Heidelberg, Munich and Paris. In 1858 he was made professor of chemistry and geology at Washington College in Pennsylvania. From 1860-1864 Brewer was first assistant on the Geological Survey of California and undertook extensive botanical surveys of areas that were still largely unexplored. In ...

Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897

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Historian and philologist; of Hartford, Conn. From the description of James Hammond Trumbull autograph letters signed, 1868. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71057479 Historian, bibliographer and Indian philologist of Stonington and Hartford, Connecticut. He served as assistant secretary of the state, Secretary of the State, State Librarian, and librarian of the Watkinson Library of Reference at Hartford. From the description of Papers, 167...

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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Eliot served as president of Harvard University (1869-1909). From the description of Correspondence of Charles W. Eliot, 1870-1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339031 Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from March 12, 1869 to May 19, 1909. He also taught mathematics and chemistry at Harvard University (1858-1863) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1865-1869). Eliot was one of the most influential educa...

Bumstead, Freeman J. (Freeman Josiah), 1826-1879

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Whitney, Emily Henrietta.

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Whitney, Edward Payson, 1833-ca. 1858.

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Schele de Vere, M. (Maximilian), 1820-1898

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Whitney, Sarah Williston, 1800-1833.

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Baldwin, Emily Perkins, 1796-1874.

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Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899

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Othniel Charles Marsh was a paleontologist and was President of the National Academy of Science. From the description of Papers, 1817-1899. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616238 From the guide to the Othniel Charles Marsh papers, 1817-1899, 1817-1899, (American Philosophical Society) Epithet: Professor of Palaeontology, Yale University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055...

American Oriental society

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