Rice Institute PresidentEdgar Odell Lovett papers, 1907-1954, Bulk dates 1914-1944

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Rice Institute PresidentEdgar Odell Lovett papers, 1907-1954, Bulk dates 1914-1944

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Lovett, Edgar Odell, 1871-1957

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Edgar Odell Lovett, mathematics professor and president of Rice Institute (now Rice University), was born in Shreve, Ohio, on April 14, 1871, the son of Zephania and Maria Elizabeth (Spreng) Lovett. After graduating from Shreve High School he entered Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia, where he graduated in 1890 at the age of nineteen. From 1890 until 1892 he was professor of mathematics at West Kentucky College; in 1892 he became an instructor at the University of Virginia, wh...