LSS, 1901 Mar.-May, Haverford, Pa. to Edward Rhoads, Cambridge, England.

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LSS, 1901 Mar.-May, Haverford, Pa. to Edward Rhoads, Cambridge, England.

Sharpless offers Rhoads a position in the physics department. Rhoads in a draft of a response inclines toward acceptance, but mentions hesitations, which Sharpless addresses. Rhoads is confirmed by the Board of Managers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6931773

Haverford College Library

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Rhoads, Edward J. M

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Haverford college

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Haverford College was founded in 1833 as a Quaker school for boys. Today it is a coeducational, non-sectarian college applying the Quaker values of consensus and honor code. From the description of Archival records, 1831-[ongoing]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 60246925 ...

Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920

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Isaac Sharpless. Educator, born in Chester Co., Penn., graduated from Harvard in 1873 and received a Sc. D from the University of Pennsylvania in 1883. He rose from instructor in mathematics to Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy and Dean and President (1887-1917) at Haverford College. He resigned to become Dean of T. Wistar Brown Graduate School. He wrote text books on astronomy, geometry, English, and education and volumes on Quakerism, Pennsylvania history, and American colleges, among oth...