Hubert Anson Newton papers, 1850-1898 (inclusive).

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Hubert Anson Newton papers, 1850-1898 (inclusive).

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Correspondence, notebooks, diplomas, and membership certificates largely relating to Newton's position as professor of mathematics at Yale University (1855-1896) and related Yale activities. In the correspondence is a letter from Noah Porter describing Thorstein B. Veblen and pleading for his admission as a candidate for the Ph.D. degree despite his "limited means." Also included in the papers is a notebook of mortality statistics of Yale graduates compiled in connection with Newton's publication: Length of life of the Yale graduates in the years [1707]-1762.

2.75 linear ft. (1 box, 1 folio, 1 v.)

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Yale University. Dept. of Mathematics.

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Phillips, Andrew W. (Andrew Wheeler), 1844-1915

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Porter, Noah, 1811-1892

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Noah Porter: Congregational clergyman, educator, president of Yale College; B.A., Yale, 1831; studied at the Yale Divinity School with Nathaniel W. Taylor; ordained in 1836; from 1843-1846 pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Springfield, Massachusetts; president of Yale from 1871-1886. From the description of Noah Porter papers, 1781-1889 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169079 Congregational minister, metaphysician, author, and president of Yale. ...

Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929

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Thorstein Veblen was born in 1857 in Cato, Wisconsin. He received an A.B. from Carleton College (1880), and a Ph.D. from Yale University (1884). Veblen was a fellow at Cornell University (1891-1892), and at the University of Chicago (1892-1893). Veblen remained at the University of Chicago as a reader in political economy (1893-1894). He became associate professor at the University (1894-1896), instructor (1896-1900), and assistant professor (1900-1906). From 1906 to 190...

Newton, H. A. (Hubert Anson), 1830-1896

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