Word: historian
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...scholar living among scholars, he was master of many fields of knowledge and had a catholic interest in all; his eminence as a librarian and as an historian had secured him a wide acquaintance with men both at home and abroad; and every resource of stored knowledge, of personal experience and of influence as a member of the republic of letters, was placed at the command of those who sought his help. Students found him a willing adviser, ready to impart the results of a life of investigation. Instructors were stimulated by his devotion to his own studies, aided...
...Massachusetts Library Club held a memorial meeting in Channing Hall yesterday in honor of the late Justin Winsor, at which Mr. W. C. Lane of the Boston Athenaeum read a paper entitled "Justin winsor, Librarian and Historian." The paper was compiled by Professor Hart and others of Mr. Winsor's friends...
Class Day President, A. J. Zimmer; Historian, W. E. Reese; Orator, R. W. Sayer, Jr.; Prophet, J. P. Jones; Poet, F. R. Sears; Address to Undergraduates, W. P. Lanagan; Class Day Marshals, W. N. Higley, J. A. H. Beach; Executive Committee, W. D. Bourne, F. R. Ayre, Frederick Wallace, J. H. Hardy, and R. D. Dresser; Memorial Committee, George Shaw, Paul Bartlett, J. A. H. Beach...
...bibliographer he worked in many lines, and as a historian he has set in order for other students the materials in the field which he made his own, and has had the good fortune to finish a wellrounded task, beginning with a history of his native town published nearly fifty years ago, followed by a history of the city which he served, and by a mounmental work on the history of America, supplemented by the story of the geographical discovery of America from the time of Columbus and his companions till the occupation of the continent...
President, Robert Garrett, Jr.; vice-president, W. W. Winfield; secretary, J. H. Keener; class day manager of ceremonies, Jerome Bradley; class orator, W. M. Post; poet, A. W. Leonard; historian, S. M. Palmer; ivy orator, S. Erdman; presentation orator, J. S. Jayne; prophet, Edwin Shorts, Jr.; censor, V. R. Miller; Washinton's Birthday orator, W. A. Reynolds; prize debater, W. B. Ramsey...