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Henry Charles Lea (September 19, 1825 – October 24, 1909) was an American publisher, civic activist, philanthropist and historian from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He took over the family publishing business from his father, Isaac Lea , and implemented several medical and scientific publications.
2023: Alan Charles Kors, Henry Charles Lea Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Pennsylvania and Cofounder of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. [14] 2024: Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita, New York Law School and Past President, American Civil Liberties Union.
Henry C. Lea Elementary School is an historic elementary school which is located in the Walnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia and was named after the publisher, civic activist and historian Henry Charles Lea .
Lea, son of historian Henry Charles Lea, inherited his fortune from the Lea & Febiger publishing firm, the oldest publishing company in the United States (1785–1990). [4] The firm's best-known title was the American edition of Gray's Anatomy, which they began publishing in 1859. In 1920, the school expanded the original 20 acres (8.1 ha ...
Jeremy Adelman (born 1960) is an American historian who was the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History [1] at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, from 2014 to 2023. [2] He was also the director of the Global History Lab at Princeton University that was relocated to the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities ...
The Charles Lea Center held a ground breaking and dedication service for its Lake Blalock Nature Preserve project on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. After the event the public took the time to tour the ...
As king, Henry was as hostile to the Jews as Peter had been friendly. [17] ... Lea, Henry Charles (1896). "Ferrand Martinez and the Massacres of 1391".
Arthur Mills Lea (1868–1932), Australian entomologist; Doug Lea, professor of Computer Science at State University of New York at Oswego where he specializes in concurrent programming; Henry Charles Lea (1825–1909), American publisher, civic activist, philanthropist and historian; Isaac Lea (1792–1886), American publisher, conchologist ...