Text of addresses in Latin conferring honorary degrees on Thomas Stearns Eliot, Anthony Eden, William Kroll, Peyton Rous, Robert Alderson Baron Wright, John Anderson, and Frederick Herbert Baron Maugham, Cambridge University [manuscript] Thursday, June 9, 1938. 1938.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...

Anderson, John

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John Anderson, a native of County Down, Ireland, emigrated from Bally Bay, Monaghan County to Germantown, Pa. in 1793. He later moved to New Castle, Delaware, where he was a music instructor. Samuel Harkness was one of Anderson's vocal students. From the description of Music workbook, ca. 1793. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122474730 Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Socialist Workers Party and United Auto Workers member. President of UAW Loc...

Wright, Robert Alderson Baron.

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Kroll, William A.

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Maugham, Frederick Herbert Baron.

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Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977

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Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (b. June 12, 1897-d. Jan. 14, 1977), British Foreign Secretary from 1935 to 1955 and British Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957. From the description of Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581894 ...

University of Cambridge.

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Harvard University celebrated its 250th anniversary in 1886. Many institutions of higher education, governments, and individuals sent greetings and congratulations to commemorate the occasion. This seal accompanied greetings from the University of Cambridge, England, to the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From the description of Sigillum coe cancellarii mror et scholariu Universitat Cantebrigie, 1886. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509847 The University...

Rous, Peyton, 1879-1970

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Mrs. Rous's family had long been friends with Gladys Brooks. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1949-1960. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 183884807 Pathologist; Nobel Prize winner; b. Francis Peyton Rous. From the description of Rous collection, 1940s. (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library). WorldCat record id: 70947287 Francis Peyton Rous was a pathologist. Rous' pioneering studies on...