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The terms for the new position were drawn up in London on 22 August 1721. [4] Requirements for the professor were not very sectarian, although Hollis made a requirement of character: "That he should be a man of solid learning in divinity, of sound, or orthodox principles, one well gifted to teach, of a sober and pious life, and of a grave conversation."
Baker graduated in the Harvard College class of 1887, served as Editor-in-Chief of The Harvard Monthly, and taught in the English Department at Harvard from 1888 until 1924. He started his "47 workshop" class in playwriting in 1905. He was instrumental in creating the Harvard Theatre Collection at Harvard University Library.
Swartz Hall (formerly Andover Hall) Harvard College was founded in 1636 as a Puritan/Congregationalist institution and trained ministers for many years. The separate institution of the Divinity School dates from 1816, when it was established as the first non-denominational divinity school in the United States.
"Explore collection guides, finding aids, and inventories to locate unique materials in Harvard's special collections and archives". HOLLIS for Archival Discovery. Harvard Library. "Around the Neighborhood: From Medicine to Music: #8 The Fenway". The Beehive (blog). Massachusetts Historical Society. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13
The Hollis Chair of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy [] is an endowed professorship established at Harvard College in 1727 by Thomas Hollis. [1] The chair, now part of the Physics Department, is the second oldest at Harvard, and the oldest professorship in science in the United States.
Lois Wilson was born on August 31, 1914, in Kiowa, Oklahoma. [3] She graduated from the University of Oklahoma, where she studied architecture and sociology; studied at the University of Texas; [2] and later she graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1940.
Zechariah Chafee Jr. (December 7, 1885 – February 8, 1957) was an American judicial philosopher and civil rights advocate, described as "possibly the most important First Amendment scholar of the first half of the twentieth century" by Richard Primus. [1]
By 1973, Harvard Library had authored or published over 430 volumes in print in addition to nine periodicals and seven annual publications. Among these is a monthly newsletter, The Harvard Librarian and a quarterly journal, Harvard Library Bulletin, which was established in 1947, dormant from 1960 until 1967, and published regularly since. [23]