George Holmes Howison papers, [ca. 1862-1917]

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George Holmes Howison papers, [ca. 1862-1917]

Correspondence, manuscripts of articles and lectures, and notes, of professor of philosophy, University of California, Berkeley. Many letters from his former students relate to the department of philosophy at Harvard at the time of Josiah Royce, William James and others.

6 boxes, 2 cartons and portfolio.St. Louis reminiscences : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 395:1) and positive.10 letters relating to Josiah Royce : partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 560:13) and positive (X-X FILM 10)

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Howison, George Holmes, 1834-1917

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Biography George Holmes Howison, philosopher and professor of the University of California, was born in Maryland in 1834. He graduated from Marietta college in 1852, and took his master's degree there in 1855. He did further work at Lane Theological Seminary, graduating in 1855. He then taught mathematics from 1864 to 1866, at Washington University in St. Louis. and at the age of 35 published a textbook on analytic geometry. Here from 1866 to...

University of California (1868-1952). Dept. of Philosophy.

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