George S. Duncan correspondence, 1891-1943 (1910-1930)

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George S. Duncan correspondence, 1891-1943 (1910-1930)

Correspondence relating to requests for Duncan's monographs, speaking engagements, Biblical archaeology, Egyptian and East Asian archaeology, and religion. Correspondents include W.F. Albright, Edgar J. Banks, A.T. Clay, Aaron Ember, W. Max Müller, Henry Fairfield Osborn, and George Sarton.

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Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935

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Paleontologist, professor of biology at Columbia University, President of Trustees 1908-1933, American Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontologist. From the description of Henry Fairfield Osborn letter to W. Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1925 April 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 213468939 Henry Fairfield Osborn was a member of the Princeton class of 1877, one of the earliest graduates of the School of Science. He returned to Princeton in 1883 after gr...

Clay, Albert Tobias, 1866-1925

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Duncan, George S. (George Stewart), 1860-1946

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Presbyterian clergyman and educator. From the description of George S. Duncan correspondence, 1891-1943 (1910-1930) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78926559 ...

Albright, William Foxwell, 1891-1971

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William Foxwell Albright was an Orientalist, archaeologist, and linguist. After receiving his Ph.D. from John Hopkins in 1916, he took a professorship there in 1927, and then served as the W. W. Spence Professor of Semitic Languages, 1930-1958. As the Director of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, 1922-1929 and then 1933-1936, he accomplished important archaeological work and excavated at the , excavating, for example, at such significant sites in Palestine as Gibeah (Tell el...

Sarton, George, 1884-1956

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Historian of science, George Alfred Leon Sarton was born on August 31, 1884, in Ghent, Belgium. He studied the natural sciences at the University of Ghent, and received his D.Sc. in 1911. Escaping to England before World War I, Sarton then came to the United States in 1915. After spending some time in lecturing positions, Sarton came to Harvard University in 1920, was made a full professor there in 1940 and retired in 1951 when he was made professor emeritus. He was founder of th...

Banks, Edgar James, 1866-1945

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Ember, Aaron, 1878-1926

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Müller, W. Max (Wilhelm Max), 1862-1919

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Epithet: Egyptologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x00006d ...