Biographical notes for the Harvard classes of 1642-1799 copied from William Winthrop's annotated 1794 Triennial Catalogue. [1813?]
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Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921
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Wendell graduated from Harvard in 1877 and taught English at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Barrett Wendell, 1873-1921 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972920 From the description of Lecture notes in Comparative Literature 1, 1905-1917. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074707 Harvard English professor. From the description of Ralegh in Guiana, 1897. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172663314 ...
Greenough, William W. (William Whitwell), -1899
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