Papers, 1757-1866.

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Papers, 1757-1866.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122564017

The collection focuses on the years Wheeler taught at Harvard. It contains letters to him pertaining to both personal and professional matters, manuscripts by him on classical figures, one box of page proofs with manuscript revisions of his edition of Herodotus published in 1842, notes, exercises (mostly Greek translations) by the students he taught, reading lists, subject outlines, and lists of students.

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

eng,

grc,

Houghton Library

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Houghton Library

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Harvard University

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Herodotus

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Wheeler, C. S. (Charles Stearns), 1816-1843

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Wheeler graduated from Harvard in 1837, taught history and was a tutor at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles Stearns Wheeler, ca. 1843. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972923 Prominent Greek scholar and Transcendentalist. Harvard classmate and friend of Henry David Thoreau. From the description of Letter to John Francis Heath, 1841 July 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 63109914 Wheeler, a classical scholar, was...