Lane family papers, 1840-1898.

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Lane family papers, 1840-1898.

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Primarily the papers of George Martin Lane, including his 1847-1849 diary and transcript of this diary; extensive student notes taken while studying in Germany (Berlin, Bonn, Heidelberg, and Göttingen) between 1847-1851; letters from Lane to William Ladd Ropes and Henry Austin Whitney; manuscripts assembled for his Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, as well as materials assembled by Morris H. Morgan for the 1898 publication of this work; Harvard University examination papers from some of Lane's students of Latin; and other materials. Also includes a journal, address book, and visiting cards belonging to Gardiner Martin Lane; will papers (1882-1894) of Mary S. Lane; and a transcript of an 1840 diary of an unidentified Lane female.

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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...

Lane family.

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George Martin Lane (1823-1897) was Harvard College A.B. 1846 and traveled to Germany in 1847 to study classical philology. He received his Ph.D. from Göttingen in 1851. Upon his return to Cambridge, Lane was appointed Harvard University Professor of Latin, and in 1869 became Harvard's Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature until his retirement in 1894. He is especially known for his Latin Pronunciation (1871) and his posthumously published Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges (1898)....

Ropes, William Ladd,

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Whitney, Henry Austin, 1826-1889

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Historian and genealogist, of Boston, Mass. From the description of Henry Austin Whitney letter, 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 714843934 ...

Lane, George Martin, 1823-1897

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George Martin Lane (1823-1897) was Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature at Harvard. He taught at Harvard from 1851 to 1894 and set a precedent as the first faculty member to be pensioned upon retirement. Lane's association with Harvard was life-long: he was a Cambridge native, attended Harvard as an undergraduate, and taught at Harvard for 43 years. From the description of Papers of George Martin Lane, 1797-1897. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972805 ...

Morgan, M. H. (Morris Hicky), 1859-1910

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Morgan (Harvard, A.B., 1881) taught classical philology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Morris Hicky Morgan, 1887-1909 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972814 ...

Lane, Gardiner Martin, 1859-1914.

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