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See also:RADCLIFFE See also:COLLEGE , essentially a See also:part of Harvard, See also:dates from the beginning of systematic instruction of See also:women by members of the Harvard See also:faculty in 1879, the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women being formally organized in 1882. The See also:present name was adopted in 1894 in See also:honour of See also:Ann
1 The requirements for See also:admission as changed in 1908 are based on the " unit See also:system "; satisfactory marks must be got in subjects aggregating 26 See also:units, the unit being a measure of preparatory study. Of these 26 units, See also:English (4 units), See also:algebra (2), See also:plane See also:geometry (2), some See also:science or sciences (2), See also:history (2; either See also:Greek and See also:Roman, or See also:American and English), a See also:modern See also:language (2; See also:French and See also:German) are prescribed; prospective candidates for the degree of A.B. are required to take See also:examinations for 4 additional units in Greek or Latin, and for the other 8 points have large range of choice; and candidates for the degree of S.B. must take additional examinations in French or German (2 units) and have a similar freedom of choice in making up the remaining to units.
Radcliffe, See also:Lady Mowlson (ob. c. 1661), widow of See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Mowlson, See also:alderman and (1634) See also:lord See also:mayor of See also:London, who in 1643 founded the first scholarship in Harvard College. From 1894 also dates the present See also:official connexion of Radcliffe with Harvard. The requirements for admission and for degrees are the same as in Harvard (whose See also:president countersigns all diplomas), and the president and See also:fellows of Harvard See also:control absolutely the See also:administration of the college, although it has for immediate ad-ministration a See also:separate See also:government. Instruction is given by members of the university teaching force, who repeat in Radcliffe many of the Harvard courses. Many advanced courses in Harvard, and to a certain extent laboratory facilities, are directly accessible to Radcliffe students, and they have unrestricted See also:access to the library.
The presidents of Harvard have been: See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Punster (164o–1654); See also:Charles See also:Chauncy (1654–1672); Leonard Hoax (1672–1675); Urian Oakes (1675–1681); See also:John See also:Rogers (1682–1684); Increase See also:Mather (1685–1701); Charles See also:Morton (See also:vice-president) (1697–1698); See also:Samuel See also:Willard (1700-1707); John Leverett (1708–1724); See also:Benjamin Wadsworth (1725–1737); See also:Edward See also:Holyoke (1737–1769); Samuel See also:Locke (1770–1773); Samuel See also:Langdon (1774–1780); See also:Joseph Willard (1781–1804); Samuel Webber (1806–181o); John See also:Thornton Kirkland (1810–1828); See also:Josiah See also:Quincy (1829–1845); Edward See also:Everett (1846–1849); Jared See also:Sparks (1849–1853); See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
Walker (18.53–186o); See also:Cornelius See also:Conway See also:Felton (186o–1862); Thomas See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (1862–1868); Charles See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Eliot (1869–1909); See also:Abbott See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence See also:Lowell (appointed 1909).
AuTxoRITIEs.—Benjamin See also:Peirce, A History of Harvard University 1636–1775 (See also:Boston, 1883); Josiah Quincy, A History of Harvard University (2 vols., Boston, 184o) ; Samuel A. Eliot, Harvard College and its Benefactors (Boston, 1848) ; H. C. See also:Shelley, John Harvard and his Times (Boston, 1907) ; The Harvard See also:Book (2 vols., See also:Cambridge, 1874) ; G. See also:Birkbeck Hill, Harvard College, by an Oxonian (New See also:York, 1894) ; William R. See also:Thayer, " History and Customs of Harvard University," in See also:Universities and their Sons, vol. i. (Boston, 1898) ; Official See also:Guide to Harvard, and the various other publications of the university; also the Harvard Graduates' See also:Magazine (1892 sqq.).
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