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Gummere married Amelia Smith Mott (1859-1937) in 1882; she was a noted scholar of Quaker history. Their son Richard Mott Gummere was a professor of Latin and headmaster of the William Penn Charter School. Their second son Samuel James Gummere had a military career, reaching the rank of major. A third son, Francis Barton Gummere Jr., was an invalid.
The Book and Snake's original badge was an open book displaying the Greek letters ΣΔΧ surrounded by a coiled serpent. [18] It was worn on the member's tie. [10] The modern version of this pin is an open book with an ouroboros on top, and no Greek letters. [17] [2] [19] It is made of gold and is 1 ⁄ 2 by 1 ⁄ 2 inch (1.3 by 1.3 cm) in size ...
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John Gummere (1784-1845) was an American astronomer and one of the founders of Haverford College in Pennsylvania. [1] He was born in 1784 near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. [ 2 ] His son Samuel James Gummere (1811-1874) was the first president of Haverford College , and his grandson Francis Barton Gummere (1855-1919) was an influential scholar of ...
After graduating from Princeton in 1870 at the age of 18, Gummere studied law at his father's office in Trenton and was admitted to the bar in 1873, the same year he received his A.M. from Princeton. Gummere received an honorary LL.D. in June 1902 from Princeton. In the Class of 1870s twentieth reunion book, Gummere said he was a Republican.
Gummere is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Francis Barton Gummere (1855–1919), American folklorist; John Gummere (1784–1845), American astronomer; Samuel R. Gummere (1849–1920), American lawyer and diplomat; William Stryker Gummere (1852–1933), American chief justice
Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University, was founded in 1832. Until 1971, the organization published annual membership rosters, which were kept at Yale's library . In this list of notable Bonesmen, the number in parentheses represents the cohort year of Skull and Bones, as well as their graduation year.
The Scroll and Key Society is a secret society, founded in 1842 at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the oldest Yale secret societies and reputedly the wealthiest. [ 1 ] The society is one of the reputed "Big Three" societies at Yale, along with Skull and Bones and Wolf's Head . [ 2 ]