Word: mayor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Edward Everett professor of Greek literature. Among the other professors were Edward Channing and Ticknor. Emerson was greatly influenced throughout his course by the inspiration which Ticknor brought to the university. Among Emerson's classmates, were Upham, author of the "History of Salem Witchcraft," and Josiah Quincy, afterwards mayor of Boston. During his first year in college, Emerson was the "president's freshman," doing his errands and making his announcements for him. He was at this time "a slender, delicate youth, younger than most of his classmates, and of a sensitive, retiring disposition." He received, according to his own statement...
...Lord Mayor of London, in welcoming Professor Huxley to the city recently, suggested that the position of President of the Royal Society was really one of even greater importance than that of Prime Minister; Mr. Gladstone is chief Minister of England, but Professor Huxley was "the head of the intellectual life of the world...
...Mayor Palmer dined at Memorial Hall last evening...
...Mayor Palmer has been invited to attend the commencement exercises...
Arrangements have been completed for the opening of the Brooklyn bridge on the 24th inst. Mayor Low of that city yesterday issued a proclamation declaring the day of opening a holiday...