Notes taken by Thomas Wigglesworth while a student in Harvard College, 1830-1832.

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Notes taken by Thomas Wigglesworth while a student in Harvard College, 1830-1832.

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These two volumes include notes taken by Thomas Wigglesworth while a student at Harvard College. The earlier volume, 1831, includes notes on lectures given by Edward Channing, Charles Follen, George Ticknor, and John Farrar. The second volume, 1830-1832, includes his notes on William Mitford's History of Greece.

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Harvard University

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Follen, Charles, 1796-1840

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Charles Follen was a German-born educator, preacher, athlete, and reformer. His radical approach to reform in Germany made him unwelcome, and he fled to France, then Sweden, and finally America. During a checkered career at Harvard, he fomented a spirit of rebellion among students, taught wildly popular courses on German language and literature (the first such courses at Harvard), and incidentally introduced gymnastics to the school. After leaving Harvard, he was ordained as a Unitarian minister...

Channing, Edward Tyrrel, 1790-1856

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Channing (Harvard, A.M., 1819) taught rhetoric and oratory at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Edward Tyrel Channing, 1816? (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972770 ...

Mitford, William, 1744-1827

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Wigglesworth, Thomas, 1814-1907

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Thomas Wigglesworth received his A.B. from Harvard in 1833. From the description of College themes and essays, 1830-1833. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072683 Merchant, of Boston, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1824-1868. (Peabody Museum). WorldCat record id: 28416413 Thomas Wigglesworth (1814-1907), a member of a prominent Boston family, earned his Harvard AB 1833. Channing taught rhetoric and oratory; Folle...