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The French Experience in Mexico, 1821 - 1861 : A History of Constant Misunderstanding, 1979; Brother to the Sun King : Philippe, Duke of Orléans, 1989; Translator and editor of the two-volume : The French Legation in Texas, 1973; Editor, with Marvin L. Brown: Diplomacy in an Age of Nationalism: Essays in Honor of Lynn Marshall Case, 1971
The French colonization of Texas started when Robert Cavelier de La Salle intended to found the colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River, but inaccurate maps and navigational errors caused his ships to anchor instead 400 miles (640 km) to the west, off the coast of Texas. The colony survived until 1688.
Jean L'Archevêque (September 30, 1672 – August 20, 1720) was a French explorer, soldier and merchant-trader. One of the few survivors of the ill-fated French colony Fort Saint Louis (Texas), L'Archevêque, the son of a merchant-trader from Bayonne, France, indentured himself to merchant-trader Sieur Pierre Duhaut in order to participate in the expedition to find the colony. [1]
On January 31, 1860, wanting to avoid raising taxes, the legislature authorized the funds for the University of Texas. [7] Article 7, Section 11 of the 1876 Constitution established the Permanent University Fund (PUF), a sovereign wealth fund managed by the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, dedicated to the university's maintenance ...
Louis Antoine Juchereau de St. Denis (French: Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis; September 17, 1676 – June 11, 1744) was a French-Canadian soldier and explorer best known for his exploration and development of the Louisiana (New France) and Spanish Texas regions.
Nicéphore Niépce's View from the Window at Le Gras, c. 1826, on permanent display in Harry Ransom Center's main lobby. Two prominent items in the Ransom Center's collections are a Gutenberg Bible, [18] [19] one of only 21 complete copies known to exist, and Nicéphore Niépce's c. 1826 View from the Window at Le Gras, the first successful permanent photograph from nature.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: UTHSA or UTHSCSA UT Health San Antonio. Long School of Medicine: San Antonio, Laredo: 1959 3,491 783 2,708 $774,507,419 [53] [54] The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: UTH or UTHSCH UTHealth or. UT Houston. McGovern Medical School: Houston: 1972 5,319 554 4,765 ...
Texas A&M University is the state's largest of higher learning in terms of enrollment and largest public university, having 77,491 students [3] while Southwest College for the Deaf is the state's smallest college with an enrollment of 48 in the fall of 2023. [4]