Samuel Henshaw letters from various correspondents, 1849-1937 and undated.

Curtis, George William, 1824-1892

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George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of New Englander ancestry. A Republican, he spoke in favor of African-American equality and civil rights. Curtis, the son of George and Mary Elizabeth (Burrill) Curtis, was born in Providence on February 24, 1824. His mother died when he was two. At six he was sent with his elder brother to school in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he remained for fi...

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

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George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman, and an active promoter of secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. As U. S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, Bancroft established the Naval Academy at Annapolis and later served as U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia (1867-1871), and the German Empire (1871-1874). He is best remembered however for his 10-volume History of the United States, a work which fellow historian Leop...

Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915

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Soldier, businessman, civic leader and historian. Descendant of two presidents and the son of a noted diplomat, Adams served with distinction as a Union officer during the Civil War. After the war, he became a nationally recognized authority on the railroad industry, chairing the Massachusetts Railroad Commission from 1869 to 1879, and ultimately taking on the presidency of the Union Pacifc Railroad for six stormy years, 1884-1890. From 1890 to 1915, Adams was content to be a man of a...

Parsons, Theophilus, 1797-1882

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Parsons, a lawyer, was a professor at the Harvard Law School (1848-1869) and the author of numerous legal texts and religious essays. From the description of Papers, ca. 1848-1913 (inclusive), 1870-1881 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122590226 ...

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

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Holmes (Harvard, M.D. 1836) was Parkman Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1847 to 1882, dean of the Medical School from 1847 to 1853, and a noted essayist and poet. A paper on the contagiousness of puerperal fever, presented at an 1843 meeting of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, was his most famous contribution to medicine. His indictment of physicians for their role in causing and spreading the fever was one of the most controversial treatises of the time...

Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891

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Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Maine. In a public service career that spanned over 50 years, he served as the 15th vice president of the United States. The first Republican to hold the office, Hamlin served from 1861 to 1865. He is considered among the most influential politicians to have come from Maine. A native of Paris, Maine (part of Massachusetts until 1820), Hamlin managed his father's farm before becoming a ne...

Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. Robert Charles Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), who were married on July 25, 1786. He was the youngest of 13 children born to his parents. Winthrop attende...

Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886

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John A. Logan was born near what is now Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, the son of Dr. John Logan and Dr. Logan's second wife, Elizabeth (Jenkins) Logan. He studied with his father and with a private tutor, then studied for three years at Shiloh College. He enlisted in the 1st Illinois Infantry for the Mexican–American War, and received a commission as a second lieutenant and assignment as the regimental quartermaster. After the war Logan studied law in the office of his uncle, Alexand...

Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901

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William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York. He was renowned for his skills as a litigator and was involved in three of the most important causes of American political jurisprudence in his day: the impeachment of a president, the Geneva arbitration and the contests before the electoral commission to settle the presidential election of 18...

Fitz, Reginald H. (Reginald Heber), 1843-1913

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Reginald Heber Fitz taught theory and practice of physic at Harvard Medical School. From the description of Letter : Boston, to [Oliver T.] Osborne, New Haven, 1900 Oct 5. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702162686 From the description of Letter : Boston, to [Oliver T.] Osborne, New Haven, 1900 Oct 5. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 703640321 Fitz (Harvard, M.D. 1868) was a physician at the Boston Dispensary from 1871 to 1882 and taught pathology at the...

Brues, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1879-1955

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Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928

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Willoughby, Charles Clark, 1857-1943

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Moors, John Farwell, 1861-

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Jackson, Robert Tracy, 1861-1948

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Jackson graduated from Harvard in 1884 and taught paleontology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Robert T. Jackson, 1854-1930 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973076 ...

Grandgent, C.H. (Charles Hall), 1862 -1939

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Williams, Moses, 1846-1919.

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Hurlbut, Byron Satterlee, 1865-1929.

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Hurlbut graduated from Harvard in 1887, taught English and served as Dean of Harvard College. From the description of Papers of Byron Satterlee Hurlbut, ca. 1916. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973075 ...

Hoffmann, Ralph 1870-1932.

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Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

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Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) was born into a prominent Boston family in 1850. Through his mother’s family, the Cabots, Lodge traced his lineage back to the 17th century, with one great-grandfather a leading Federalist during the Revolutionary period. Growing up in both an intellectual and privileged household, "Cabot" took naturally to academic subjects, particularly history and literature. Beyond his early devotion to scholarly pursuits, Lodge also enjoyed numerous sports and the great outdoor...

Sarton, George, 1884-

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Tozzer, Margaret (Castle), possible author

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Gladstone, Hugh S. (Hugh Steuart), 1877-1949

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English naturalist. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : Capenoch, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, to W.H. Mullens, 1913 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129945 ...

Moore, George Foot, 1851-1931

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Goodale, George L. (George Lincoln), 1839-1923

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George Lincoln Goodale (1839-1923) earned an AB at Amherst College in 1860 and MD degrees from both Bowdoin and Harvard in 1863; he taught science in various fields at Bowdoin, 1868-1878. He came to Harvard in 1878 as a professor of Botany and became the first Director of the Botanical Museum in 1879. He was appointed Fisher Professor of Natural History in 1888 and retired in 1909, becoming Honorary Curator of the Botanical Museum until his death in 1923. From the description of Pape...

Jackson, Robert Tracy, 1861-1948

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Jackson graduated from Harvard in 1884 and taught paleontology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Robert T. Jackson, 1854-1930 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973076 ...

Glen, John, 1932-....

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Owen, Maria L. (Maria Louisa), 1825-1913

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Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919

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Epithet: Director, Harvard Astronomical Observatory British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x0000b9 Pickering (Harvard, S.B., 1865) taught astronomy at Harvard and was director of the Harvard College Observatory. From the description of Papers of Edward Charles Pickering, 1850-1918 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972845 ...

Deane, Walter, 1848-1930

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Deane (1848-1930) was educated at Harvard (A.B. 1870) and taught at St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass. and Hopkinson School until 1895. From 1897 to 1907 he was Curator of William Brewster's ornithological museum and then pursued his botanical interests including: serving on several botanical visiting committees for Harvard, publishing articles, corresponding with botanists and collecting (both and herbarium and autographs of botanists). He also had ornithological interests and worked on: Brews...

Royal Meteorological Society (London)

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Priscilla

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Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927

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Sargent graduated from Harvard in 1862, taught horticulture at Harvard and was director of the Arnold Arboretum. From the description of Papers of Charles Sprague Sargent, 1862-1879 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972874 Dendrologist, first director of Arnold Arboretum, and professor of agriculture, 1879-1927. From the description of [Horticultural list and autograph], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55531532 S...

Holt-White, Rashleigh

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Biographer of Gilbert White. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : London, to W.H. Mullens, 1913 Jan. 3-1913 Jan. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269543061 Holt-White was the great-grand-nephew of the English naturalist Gilbert White (1720-1793). From the description of Correspondence, 1820-1926. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372652 From the guide to the Correspondence, 1820-1926., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Libr...

James, Henry, 1879-

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Woods, James Haughton, 1864-1935

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Woods graduated from Harvard in 1887 and taught philosophy at Harvard. From the description of Papers of James Haughton Woods, ca. 1860-1961 (inclusive) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972939 James Haughton Woods (1864-1935), a scholar of Greek and Indic philosophy, graduated from Harvard University in 1887 with an A.B. degree in Philosophy and English composition. He spent most of the next two decades at various institutions in England, continental ...

McAdie, Alexander, 1863-1943

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McAdie (1868-1943) graduated from Harvard in 1885 and taught meteorology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Alexander G. McAdie, 1915-1948 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973106 ...

Pennypacker, Henry, 1866-1933

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Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896

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American astronomer. Graduated Harvard, 1844; University of Göttingen (Germany), 1848. He returned to the United States with the hope of establishing an era for astronomy. In 1849 he founded and became the first editor of the "Astronomical Journal." In 1855, he became director of the Dudley Observatory. A public controversy arose when he disagreed with the Scientific Council and Trustees of the Observatory as to management of the facility. He was terminated as director in 1859. From ...

Miss Stack

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Jackson, Charles Loring, 1847-1935

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Jackson (Harvard, A.B., 1867) taught chemistry at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles Loring Jackson, 1884?-1964 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972796 Charles Loring Jackson (1847-1935) earned his Harvard AB 1867. He went on to serve Harvard as Professor of Chemistry from 1881-1894 and Erving Professor of Chemistry from 1894-1912. From the description of Letter from Charles Loring Jackson to Samuel Eliot Morison, 4 May 193...

Faxon, Walter, 1848-1920

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Elliott, Howard, 1860-1928

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Charles Eliot was Harvard University president, 1869-1909. Howard Elliott graduated from Harvard in 1881 and was chairman of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. From the description of Howard Elliott correspondence with Charles Eliot, 1921 July 15-October 18. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612810067 ...

A. Hampton Brown

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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...

Westengard, Jens Iverson, 1871-1918.

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Attorney, educator, judge, diplomat. LL.B. Harvard, 1898. In real estate and banking in Chicago, 1890-1895. Practiced law in Boston, 1899-1903. Prof. of law, Harv. L. School, 1898-1903; Bemis Prof. of International law, 1915-1918. Advisor to Siamese gov't., 1903-1915. Appointed member of Permanent Court of Arbitration (Hague) 1911. Appointed Judge, Supreme Court of Appeals of Siam, 1911. Officer of Legion of Honor (France), Grand Cross of Crown of Siam. From the description of Papers...

Craig, Arthur A.

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Howard, Albert Andrew, 1858-1925

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Howard graduated from Harvard in 1882 and taught Latin at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Albert Andrew Howard, 1892-1893. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972794 ...

Fiske, John, 1842-1901

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Historian, philosopher, and librarian. Name originally Edmund Fiske Green; at age thirteen, took name of maternal great-grandfather, John Fiske. From the description of John Fiske papers, 1867-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 163614392 Philosopher, historian, librarian. From the description of Papers of John Fiske [manuscript], 1872-1900. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805107 John Fiske was a American author, best known for popular ...

Warren, John Collins, 1842-1927

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Ames, Oakes, 1874-1950

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Born in North Easton, Massachusetts on September 26, 1874, Oakes Ames was the son of Massachusetts Governor Oliver Ames. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1898, followed by a master's degree in 1900. Ames had a lengthy and distinguished career as a botanist, including serving as supervisor of the Arnold Arboretum from 1927-1937 and as the Arboretum's second director from 1937 to 1945. He was also a professor of botany at Harvard University. Ames died in Ormond, Florida on April 30,...

Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919

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Higginson was a Boston banker and philantropist; he donated Soldiers Field and Harvard Union to Harvard University. From the description of Papers relating to the gift of Soldiers Field, Harvard University, 1890. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82295797 Higginson was a Boston banker and philanthropist. Higginson attended Harvard (1851-1852), but left because of poor eyesight. In 1856 he went to Vienna intending to make music his life work, but he returned to Boston...

Fanny (Roberts) Jackson

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Jackson, Henry, 1858-

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Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952

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Winship graduated from Harvard in 1893 and taught history of printing and served as librarian at Harvard. From the description of Papers of George Parker Winship, 1899-1953 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973222 Winship (A.B. 1893) was the first Librarian of the Harry Elkins Widener Collection. From the description of Bibliographical notes, compositions, and other papers, [19--] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612868810 ...

Mead, Frederick Sumner, 1866-1935

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Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923

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Thayer was a biographer and historian. From 1892 to 1915 he was editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine. From the description of Additional papers, 1796-1927 (inclusive), 1877-1927 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505841 From the description of Papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive) 1872-1921 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505824 From the guide to the William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk)., (Houghton...

Tozzer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marston), 1877-1954

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Tozzer graduated from Harvard in 1900, and taught anthropology and archaeology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Alfred Marston Tozzer, 1908-1937 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973202 Alfred Marston Tozzer was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on July 4, 1877 to Samuel Clarence Tozzer and Caroline Blanchard (Marston) Tozzer. He grew up in Lynn and after graduating from high school attended Harvard College where he received degrees...

Ellwanger, George H. (George Herman), 1848-1906

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Coolidge, A.

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Dixon, Roland Burrage, 1875-1934

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Sayles, Robert Wilcox, 1878-1942

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Bigelow, George Tyler, 1810-1878

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Greenough, Chester Noyes, 1874-1938

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Chester Noyes Greenough was born in Massachusetts of an old New England family and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at Harvard. He was head of the English Dept. at the University of Illinois, 1907-1910, then returned to Harvard as Professor and later as Dean. He wrote on English composition and literature. From the description of Chester N. and Ruth H. Greenough letters to Mr. Gomme, and broadside, 1936-1938. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 636...

Cabot, Arthur Tracy, 1852-1912.

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Greenough, Francis Boott, 1837-1904

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Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, 1864-1935

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Robinson (Harvard, A.B. 1887; Strassborg, Ph.D. 1889) became assistant to Sereno Watson at Gray Herbarium at Harvard, 1890-1892 and Curator after Watson's death in 1892. His published works include a revised edition of Asa Gray's Manual (1908), Flora of the Galapagos Islands (1902) and contributions to Gray's Synoptical Flora of North America (1895, 1897). From the description of Papers of Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, 1887-1934 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499102 ...

White, John Williams, 1849-1917

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John Williams White (1849-1917) earned his Ph.D. in Philology at Harvard in 1877. He served Harvard as a tutor, 1874-1877, Assistant Professor of Greek, 1877-1884, and Professor of Greek, 1884-1909. From the description of Academic costume and honors, ca. 1900-1914. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77065188 ...

Mark, E. L. (Edward Laurens), 1847-1946

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Student at the University of Michigan. From the description of E.L. Mark student notes, ca. 1871. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421322 Mark (1847-1946) taught zoology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Edward Laurens Mark, 1868-1944 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973114 ...

Holmes, Henry W. (Henry Wyman), 1880-1960

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Holmes graduated from Harvard in 1903, taught education and served as Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Henry Wyman Holmes, 1900-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973069 From the description of Papers of Henry Wyman Holmes, 1900-1960. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509869 ...

Wood, J.G. (John George), 1827-1889

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English clergyman and popular writer and lecturer on natural history. He wrote the books My feathered friends (1856), Man and beast (1874), and others. From the description of Sketches from the uncivilized races of men, 1876. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 67228772 ...

Forbes, W. Cameron (William Cameron), 1870-1959

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Forbes was an American business and government executive. He served as governor-general of the Philippines, 1909-1913, and ambasador to Japan, 1930-1932. From the description of W. Cameron (William Cameron) Forbes images of the Philippines, 1907-1946. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612734531 From the guide to the W. Cameron (William Cameron) Forbes images of the Philippines, 1907-1946., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Busin...

Lewis, Frederic Thomas, 1875-

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J. P. B. Henshaw

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Southwell, Thomas, 1831-1909

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Morse, S. N.

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Justin Winsor

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Dorsey, George A. (George Amos), 1868-1931

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Dorsey was a student of F. W. Putnam at the Peabody Museum. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1894. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226043722 Dorsey earned his Harvard A.B. in 1890 and Harvard Ph.D. in 1894. He was an ethnographer who specialized in the North American Plains Indians. From the description of Scrapbook of George Amos Dorsey, 1890-1891. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 62528002 ...

Henshaw, Samuel, 1852-1941

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Henshaw was an entomologist and served as Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University from 1912 to 1927. From the description of Additional Letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83225093 From the guide to the Additional letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Gilbert White (1720-1793) was a pioneering British naturalist...

Ward, Robert De Courcy, 1867-1931.

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Fanshawe i. e., Samuel Henshaw??

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Perceval, Spencer George.

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White, Gilbert

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Epithet: advertising agent, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x0003ba Gilbert White (1720-93), naturalist, was born on 18 July 1720 at the parsonage of Selborne in Hampshire, the eldest son of John White, barrister-at-law, and Anne, the only child of Thomas Holt, rector of Streatham, Surrey. He was educated at Basingstoke under the Revd Thomas Warton, before being admitted as a commoner of Oriel...

Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910

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Alexander Agassiz(1835-1910), marine biologist, oceanographer, and industrial entrepreneur, was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the son of Louis Agassiz. In 1860 Agassiz began a lifetime occupation of administering the business affairs of the Harvard museum, a task made difficult by his father's penchant for excessive collecting and expenditures. After Louis's death in 1873, Agassiz succeeded to the directorship of the Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology and completed the physical...

Green, John Orne, 1841-1922

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Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

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Cushing served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1835- 1843, and as special U.S. Envoy to China from 1843-1845. His career also included a term as U.S. Attorney General from 1852-1857. From the description of Letters to Thomas Mayo Brewer and Henry Vose, 1843, 1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234342903 U.S cabinet official and representative from Massachusetts, army officer, diplomat, and lawyer. From the description of Caleb Cushin...

White, Adolphus Leighton, b. 1823?

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Abbott, Josiah Gardiner, 1815-1891

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Thompson, William Goodrich, 1864-1935

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Graton, L. C. (Louis Caryl), 1880-

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Hill, Adams Sherman, 1833-1910

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American professor of rhetoric. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, Mass., to Harper and Brothers, 1878 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270466553 Hill graduated from Harvard in 1853 and taught rhetoric and oratory at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Adams Sherman Hill, 1849-1902 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972789 Journalist and professor at Harvard University. From the des...

Raymond, Percy E. (Percy Edward), 1879-1952

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Percy Edward Raymond graduated from Cornell in 1902. From 1904 to 1910 he was assistant curator in charge of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, PA. By 1929, he was a full professor at Harvard University. He was active in the Paleontology Society of America of which he was president in 1934. He wrote many articles on paleontology, stratigraphy and sedimentation. Raymond studied pewter as a hobby and wrote many articles on this topic as well. He was also instrumental i...

Collins, Patrick A. (Patrick Andrew), 1844-1905

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Patrick A. Collins was born on March 12, 1844, in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland. After the death of his father he and his family immigrated to the United States in 1848 and settled in Chelsea, Massachusetts. With limited formal education, he worked his way up in the upholstery trade, became involved in union activities and began to study the law. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1871. In 1873, he married Mary E. Carey, and they had three children, Paul, Marie, a...

Mason, Charles Francis, 1890-

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Woodworth, William McMichael, 1864-1912

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Woodworth graduated from Harvard in 1888 and taught anatomy and zoology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William McMichael Woodworth, 1891-1900 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972941 Grayling, Michigan physician; graduate of the University of Michigan College of Medicine and Surgery, class of 1853. From the description of William M. Woodworth papers, 1895 and 1900-1901. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 775598511 ...

Britten, James, 1846-1924

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Morgan, M. H. (Morris Hicky), 1859-1910

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Morgan (Harvard, A.B., 1881) taught classical philology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Morris Hicky Morgan, 1887-1909 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972814 ...

E Bradshaw.

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Tozzer, Alfred Marston

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Alfred Marston Tozzer was born in Lynn, MA on July 4, 1877 to Samuel Clarence Tozzer, and Caroline Blanchard (Marston) Tozzer. He grew up in Lynn and after graduating from high school, attended Harvard College where he received the A.B. in 1900, the A.M. in 1901, and the Ph.D. in 1904, all three degrees in anthropology. On April 10, 1913 he married Margaret Tenney Castle of Honolulu, Hawaii, in New York. They had two daughters. The elder, Joanne, died young. The other, now Joan Tozz...

Peirce, B. O. (Benjamin Osgood), 1854-1914

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Peirce (Harvard, A.B., 1876) taught mathematics and physics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Osgood Peirce, 1834-1971 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972842 ...

Cook, William

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Epithet: of Holmesfield British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000978.0x00019c Epithet: witness of Wolley Ch viii.47 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000978.0x00019d Epithet: son of Sir T Cook British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000174 ...

Dwight, Thomas, 1843-1911

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Professor of anatomy at Harvard; editor of the "Boston Medical and Surgical Journal." From the description of Thomas Dwight letter to Houghton Mifflin & Co. [manuscript], 1884 January 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 664829000 Dwight (Harvard, M.D. 1867) was Parkman Professor of Anatomy at the Harvard Medical School from 1883 to 1911 and also taught at Bowdoin Medical School in Maine, 1874-1876. During study in Europe, he obtained experience using frozen...

Rotch, Abbott Lawrence, 1861-1912

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Rotch, a meteorologist, founded and was director of Blue Hill Observatory, near Boston, Mass. He took the earliest American measurements of cloud height and velocities. In 1906, Rotch became the first professor of meteorology at Harvard. In cooperation with Teisserenc de Bort, he sent an expedition to explore the atmosphere above the tropical ocean, 1905-1906; ascended Mont Blanc six times, reaching the summit thrice; and ballooned above Paris in 1889. From the description of Papers,...

Minot, Charles Sedgwick, 1852-1914

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Minot (Harvard, S.D. 1878) began teaching at Harvard in 1880 and was appointed James Stillman Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Harvard Medical School in 1905, a position he held until his death. Early in his career he did studies of insects and described new species; his interest expanded to comparative anatomy, morphology and growth; and his work included physiological experimentation on effects of anesthesia, reaction to tetanus, and the nature of muscular contractions. His research in huma...

Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879

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American reformer and linguist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Birmingham, to [Freeman H. Morse], 1869 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131472 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Springfield, Massachusetts, to Freeman H. Morse, 1854 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131738 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Britain, Connecticut, to the Rev. W.H. Ward, 1873 Jan. 04. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2...

Librarian of Geological museum

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Evert ? Harold C.

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Murdock, Kenneth Ballard, 1895-1975

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Murdock graduated from Harvard in 1916; taught English at Harvard and served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. From the description of Papers of Kenneth B. Murdock, 1932?-1971 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973140 ...

Kidder, Nathaniel Thayer

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Lyman, Theodore, 1874-

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Wells, Edgar Huidekoper, 1875-1938,

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Edgar Huidekoper Wells, '97, was a long-time friend of the Harvard College Library and an active and loyal alumnus. He held various positions at Harvard, including instructor in English (1902-1906); curator of modern English literature in the library (1903-1913); and assistant dean (1905-1907). In the first World War he served first in the American Red Cross and then as an army officer attached to the U.S. Embassy in London. After the war he was instrumental in establishing the Lionel DeJersey H...

Hopkins, Mark, 1802-1887

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Mullens, W. H. (William Herbert), 1866-

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Penrose, R. A. F.

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Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose, Jr. was a geologist and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1905. From the description of Correspondence and papers, 1885-1931. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122578986 From the guide to the R. A. F. (Richard Alexander Fullerton) Penrose correspondence and papers, 1885-1931, 1885-1931, (American Philosophical Society) Biographical/Historical Note ...

Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891

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Historian, author. From the description of Transcriptions of documents, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122583022 Wood engraver, author, editor. From the description of Benson J. Lossing papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576931 From the description of Papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519295 Benson John Lossing, editor, illustrator, and historian born in New York. Edited the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, Poughk...

Samuel Henshaw

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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...

Coolidge, Julian Lowell, 1873-1954

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Julian Lowell Coolidge (1873-1955) earned his Harvard AB 1895. He was a professor of mathematics at Harvard, Master of Lowell House, and was instrumental in the success of Harvard's "house system" which restructured student life by centering many activities around a student's residential affiliation or "house." From the description of Papers of Julian Lowell Coolidge, 1894-1943. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064978 ...

Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897

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Historian, cartographer, and librarian of the Boston Public Library. From the description of Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Henry Harrisse, Paris, France, 1891 Oct. 10. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40998446 Winsor graduated from Harvard in 1853 and was a librarian at Harvard and at the Boston Public Library. From the description of Papers of Justin Winsor, 1847-1897 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972933 Winsor was libr...

Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925

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Zoologist, ethnologist, and art historian, of Salem, Mass. From the description of Edward Sylvester Morse correspondence, ca. 1860-1900. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71128459 From the description of Papers, 1858-1925. (Peabody Museum). WorldCat record id: 28416528 American zoologist and orientalist, born in Portland, Me. Prentice C. Manning, of Portland, worked for Bryon Greenough & Co. (hats, caps, and furs). From the desc...

Hall, Edwin Herbert, 1855-1938

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Edwin Hall (1855-1938) was professor of physics in Harvard University. From the description of Papers of Edwin H. Hall, 1917-1918 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76976115 Edwin Herbert Hall (1855-1938) was an American physicist and discoverer of the Hall effect. He taught physics at Harvard (1881-1921). From the description of Edwin Herbert Hall papers, 1875-1938. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612365716 ...

White, James C. (James Clarke), 1833-1916

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Griswold, Leon S.

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Hooton, Earnest Albert, 1887-1954

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Hooton taught anthropology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Earnest Albert Hooton, 1932-1941 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973070 Anthropologist. From the description of Autobiography of Earnest Albert Hooton: typescript, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456362 Earnest Albert Hooton was born in Clemansville, Wisconsin on November 20, 1887. After graduating from Lawrence College ( Appleton, Wis...

Warren, Joseph, 1804-1881

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Miss Henshaw

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Jeffries, B. Joy (Benjamin Joy), 1833-1915

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Benjamin Joy Jeffries, 1833-1915, MD, 1857, Harvard Medical School, was an ophthalmic surgeon at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Carney Hospital, and the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston, Mass. during the mid to late 19th century. Jeffries' research and practice focused on diseases of the eye and skin and color blindness. From the description of Papers, 1860s-1890s. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79715244 ...

Hill, Thomas, 1818-1891

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Thomas Hill was President of Harvard College from 1862-1868. From the description of Letter to Rev. William Henry Furness, ca. 1862-1868. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155883609 Thomas Hill (1818-1891) earned his Harvard AB 1843 and served as President of Harvard University from 1862-1868. From the description of Bond to Harvard College, August 30, 1839. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064762 Thomas Hill (1818-1891...

Howard, William Guild, 1868-1960

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Howard graduated from Harvard in 1891, and received his A.M. in 1892. From the description of Notes in Fine Arts 4, 1891-1892. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073802 Howard graduated from Harvard in 1891. From the description of Notes and papers in Philosophy 4, 1890-1891. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073616 From the description of Notes in Fine Arts 3, 1890-1891. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073705 From...

Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868-1952

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Walter Faxon

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Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944

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Charles B. Davenport was a biologist and director of the Department of Genetics at the Carnegie Institution of Washington (1904-1934). From the description of Papers, 1874-1944. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122488735 Charles B. Davenport's influence and efforts at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, began in 1898 when he became the director of the summer school of the Biological Laboratory, a position he held until 1923. The lab was administered by...

Bowditch, H. P. (Henry Pickering), 1840-1911

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Bowditch (Harvard, A.B. 1861; M.D. 1868) studied physiology in Leipzig with Carl Ludwig, whose laboratory was the center for physiological study. He returned to Boston in 1871 and taught physiology at the Harvard Medical School; was appointed as first George Higginson Professor of Physiology; and with the establishment of the first physiological laboratory, brought German technological methods to the U.S. He helped in planning the Harvard Medical School and was active in public affairs, includin...

Kükenthal, W. G. (Willy Georg), 1861-1922

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Epithet: German zoologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000753.0x00035d ...

Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907

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Ornithologist. From the description of Letter and list of birds obtained in St. Croix, 1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148291 From the description of Letter and list of birds obtained in St. Croix, 1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83384161 Zoologist and educator. From the description of Letter of Alfred Newton, 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454709 Alfred Newton, a British ornithologist, was one of the founders o...

Bullard, Charles

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W. H. Mullens.

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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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Wendell Phillips (born November 29, 1811, Boston, Massachusetts – died February 2, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts), orator and reformer, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote frequently for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, and eventually became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He contributed much to the cause through inflammatory speeches favoring the division of the Union and opposing the acquisition of Texas and the war with Mexico. ...

Maggs bros., London.

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Brooks, Phillips, bp., 1835-1893.

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Frothingham, N. L. (Nathaniel Langdon), 1793-1870

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American Unitarian clergyman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Boston, to Rev. John Pierpont, 1818 Nov. 17 and 1818 Nov. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270752859 ...

Haskins, Charles Homer, 1870-1937

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Professor of history at Harvard and University of Wisconsin; summer resident of Hancock Point, Me. From the description of Genealogical papers, ca. 1900-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70940266 An American historian, Haskins taught at Johns Hopkins (1889-1892), Wisconsin (1892-1902), and Harvard (1902-1931). He was a leading medievalist of his generation and a prominent member of the group of presidential advisers known as "The Inquiry," 1917. As delegate to the Paris P...