Records of the Department of Semitic Languages, 1934-1939 (inclusive).

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Records of the Department of Semitic Languages, 1934-1939 (inclusive).

Includes correspondence of R. H. Pfeiffer, and sample forms.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8181767

Harvard University Archives.

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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...

Harvard University. Dept. of Semitic Languages and History.

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The Department of Semitic Languages became the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization. From the description of Records of the Department of Semitic Languages, 1934-1939 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972656 ...

Pfeiffer, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1892-1958

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Robert Henry Pfeiffer ( 1892-1958 ) was born in Bologna, Italy . He received his MA and PhD from Harvard University . He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1916 and held a pastorate in Sanborn, New York, from 1916 to 1919 . In 1922, he was hired as a professor at Harvard University and he was appointed Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages in 1953 . He also served as a professor at Boston University's School of Theology . He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in anthropo...

Harvard University. Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations.

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