Exercise books in Greek, Latin, Mathematics, Italian, and French, 1837-1840.

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Exercise books in Greek, Latin, Mathematics, Italian, and French, 1837-1840.

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These exercise books were written by Higginson while he was a student at Harvard College, and at the preparatory school of William Wells in Cambridge, Mass. They reflect the period when the elective system was first introduced for ancient languages at Harvard, and, as Higginson notes in his presentation letter, "the Latin and Greek professors, Beck and Follen, became more active than usual in their exercises, giving, for instance, lectures, which had not before been done."

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...