 | American education society - 1837 - 450 pages
...chosen a fellow of the Royal Society in England, a distinction conferred on very few Americans ; and he received the honorary degree of LL. D. from the University of Edinburgh. He held the professor's chair more than forty years ; and he was also highly esteemed for... | |
 | 1845 - 840 pages
...world the two first volumes of his " History of Modern Europe," and the other three in 1784. In 1792, he received the honorary degree of LL. D. from the University of St Andrews; and, in 1793, his two volumes of " Ancient Europe" were published. Soon afterwards, he... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1881 - 1078 pages
...visit to England in the spring of 1868, where he was welcomed with tokens of cordiality and respect. He received the honorary degree of LL. D. from the University of Cambridge, and that of 13. 0. L. at Oxford, while the Athenaeum Club invited him to dinner, and the Reform Club... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1894 - 782 pages
...papers on the nervous system of medusa;, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1879. In 1981 he received the honorary degree of LL. D. from the University of Aberdeen. Robert C. Ogden, partner of John Wanamaker of this city, has been elected President of the... | |
 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - 1887 - 676 pages
...especially to the scientific and technical education of young men for the profession of civil engineering. He received the honorary degree of LL. D. from the University of Vermont in 1882. Married twice; two children living, one of whom, Robert Forsyth, was graduated at... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1891 - 840 pages
...Society of London. During 1879-'80 he was vice-president of the National Board of Health, and in 1884 he received the honorary degree of LL. D. from the University of Edinburgh. During August, 1886, he was present at the meeting of the British Medical Association, and... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 810 pages
...Society of London. During 1879-'80 he was vice-president of the National Board of Health, and in 1884 he received the honorary degree of LL. D. from the University of Edinburgh. During August, 1886, he was present at the meeting of the British Medical Association, and... | |
 | John Clark Rand - 1890 - 728 pages
...volume of " Life and Letters of John Winthrop." The second volume appeared in 1867. Mr. Winthrop has received the honorary degree of LL. D. from the University of Cambridge, England, from Harvard University, and Bowdoin College. Mr. Winthrop was married in Boston in March,... | |
 | American Academy of Political and Social Science - 1894 - 896 pages
...practice in New York City. In 1876 he moved to Augusta and devoted his time to historical research. He received the honorary degree of LL- D. from the University of the City of New York in 1880, and the same degree from Oxford University (Ga.) in 1882. His published... | |
 | Joseph Edward Adams Smith - 1895 - 208 pages
...twice turned up an Indian arrowhead in a fresh furrow. At Canoe Meadows in the Berkshire mountains, I have found Indian arrowheads. So everywhere, Indian...the old college town. But even on an occasion when a 98 good degree of personal pride would have been pardonable, he did not forget his old home, and his... | |
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medicine man" as well, he approved the time-honored local pun that the best of all tonics is the Housatonic. A striking instance of his fond memory of the familiar stream appears in his " Hundred Days Trip to Europe" in 1886. During his visit to England... 
