Records of the History of Religions Club, 1892-1952.

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...

Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915

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Frederic Ward Putnam (1839-1915) was one of the earliest anthropologists in the United States. He founded anthropology programs, and worked to establish museum collections in anthropology. He directed some of the first field expeditions in the Americas, including sites in Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio, Wisconsin, Kentucky, New Jersey, and California. Putnam was born April 16, 1839 in Salem, Massachusetts to Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Putnam III. In 1864, Putnam married Adelaide Martha Edmands; they h...

History of Religions Club (Harvard University)

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A group of Harvard professors who met monthly to dine together and discuss their work in religion, the Harvard Religions Club began in 1891-1892. The Club later became known as the History of Religions Club. From the description of Records of the History of Religions Club, 1892-1952. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 441824550 ...

Harvard Religions Club.

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Frye, Richard N. (Richard Nelson), 1920-2014

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Richard Frye, WWU faculty member, 1975-1982; WWU Testing Center staff, 1996-; BS U.S. Naval Academy, PhD (Marine Resources Economics) University of Rhode Island. From the description of Richard Frye collection, 1980-1983. (Western Washington University). WorldCat record id: 55944986 Frye received Ph.D. from Harvard in 1946 and taught Middle Eastern Studies and Iranian at Harvard. He is Aga Khan Professor of Iranian, Emeritus, at Harvard University. From the descr...

Lanman, Charles Rockwell, 1850-1941

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Epithet: orientalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x00009b Lanman taught Sanskrit at Harvard. From the description of Lecture before Greek D, January 23, 1893. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073834 From the description of Papers of Charles Rockwell Lanman, 1863-1938 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 236232213 From the description of Paper...