Berkeley culture, University of California highlights, and University extension, 1892-1960 : oral history transcript / Leon Josiah Richardson; tape recorded interviews conducted by Amelia R. Fry. Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1962 : and related materi

Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919

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Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst was born in St. Clair, Missouri, the daughter of Drucilla (Whitmire) and Randolph Walker Apperson. In 1860, businessman George Hearst met Phoebe when he returned to St. Clair to care for his dying mother. When they married on June 15, 1862, George Hearst was 41 years old, and Phoebe was 19. Soon after their marriage the Hearsts moved to San Francisco, California, where Phoebe gave birth to their only child, William Randolph Hearst. As a very successful miner wh...

Muir, John, 1838-1914

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John Muir (born April 21, 1838, Dunbar, Scotland – died December 24, 1914, Los Angeles, California), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which h...

Regional Cultural History Project (University of California, Berkeley)

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University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Latin.

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Fry, Amelia R.

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Richardson, Leon Josiah, 1868-1964

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From In Memoriam, 1966 1868-1964 Professor of Latin, Emeritus Director of University Extension, Emeritus Leon Josiah Richardson was born February 22, 1868, in Keene, New Hampshire, and died December 4, 1964, at the age of 96, in Watsonville, California, where he had lived for four years with one of his daughters, Mrs. Florence Wyckoff. He was the son of Josiah Crosby Richardson and Isabel Jane Chamberlain (both of Puritan families long settled in New England)...

Keith, William, 1838-1911

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University of California (System). University Extension

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Roessler was professor of mathematics at the University of California Davis. His work for University Extension begain in 1961, and in 1964 he became Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; he was eventually named University Dean of University Extension, a post which he held until his retirement in 1970. From the description of University extension records of Edward B. Roessler, 1957-1967. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 39022533 ...