Letter, 1808 December 17, Philadelphia, to George Ticknor, Boston.

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Letter, 1808 December 17, Philadelphia, to George Ticknor, Boston.

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Gives him advice on the study of natural history; he is busy preparing a course on mineralogy.

2 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 26 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

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George Ticknor (1791-1871), educator and author, served as the first Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard from 1817 to 1835. After his arrival at Harvard, Ticknor became disenchanted with the school curriculum, characterizing the College as a well-disciplined high school, and began an effort to reorganize the College around four main goals: the division of students in courses according to academic proficiency and merit; the division of the ...

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