Harry Yandell BenedictPapers, 1855-1865, 1874-1940

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Harry Yandell BenedictPapers, 1855-1865, 1874-1940

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00630/00630-P.html

Papers contain documentsproduced by mathematician, astronomer, and educator, Harry Yandell Benedict(1869-1937) and by members of the Benedict family. They relate to familyhistory and to Benedict as a student, professor, and president of TheUniversity of Texas.

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