Notes of a course of lectures on the history and criticism of French literature by George Ticknor, 1831 / taken by H. S. McKean.
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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...
Ticknor, George, 1791-1871
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George Ticknor (1791-1871), educator and author, served as the first Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard from 1817 to 1835. After his arrival at Harvard, Ticknor became disenchanted with the school curriculum, characterizing the College as a well-disciplined high school, and began an effort to reorganize the College around four main goals: the division of students in courses according to academic proficiency and merit; the division of the ...
McKean, H. S. (Henry Swasey), 1810-1857
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Henry Swasey McKean received his A.B. from Harvard in 1828. He was a tutor in Latin from 1830-1835. From the description of Notes of a course of lectures on the history and criticism of French literature by George Ticknor, 1831 / taken by H. S. McKean. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072689 Henry Swasey McKean received his A.B. from Harvard in 1828. From the description of Themes, c. 1828. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072664 ...
