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Evan Pugh's Penn State : America's model agricultural college / Roger L. Williams.
LIBRA LD4481.P817 P84 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Roger L. (Roger Lea), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pugh, Evan, 1828-1864.
- Pugh, Evan.
- Agricultural College of Pennsylvania--History.
- Agricultural College of Pennsylvania.
- Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania--History.
- Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania.
- College presidents--Pennsylvania--Biography.
- College presidents.
- Agricultural chemists--Pennsylvania--Biography.
- Agricultural chemists.
- Agricultural education--Pennsylvania--History--19th century.
- Agricultural education.
- History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Explores the contributions of Evan Pugh (1828-1864), founding president of today's Pennsylvania State University, in quickly building it into America's first scientifically based agricultural college"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Evan Pugh : a young man enamored of science and education
- Study in Germany and France, research in England
- A new school, a new president, a new movement
- Beginning the presidency
- The institution hits its stride
- Pugh's standing in the American scientific community
- Campaigning for the Morrill land-grant college act
- The disruptions of 1863
- The battle royal
- Death and aftermath
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271080178
- 0271080175
- OCLC:
- 1011547868
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