Darwin's "Descent of man" reviewed : manuscript / John Francis Maher.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Maher, John Francis, 1849- author.

Contributor:

University of Pennsylvania, degree granting institution.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. Descent of man.

Darwin, Charles.

Penn dissertations.

Local Subjects:

Penn dissertations.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Book reviews.

Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of University of Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper ; 33 x 21 cm

Production:

1877.

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 25 Folder 47

Biography/History:

John Francis Maher was born in County Waterford, Ireland, on May 5, 1849. A cold contracted at the age of seven almost completely deprived him of his eyesight. At fifteen he entered the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. He received a Bachelor of Science in 1874, and a Master of Science in 1877, both from the University of Pennsylvania. After working for several years as a private tutor, he decided to study law and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws, also from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1891. In 1894, Mr. Maher was appointed Examiner in Latin of candidates for admission to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He was one of the originators of the Freelander Union, a beneficial society for the blind, serving as President and later Treasurer.

Notes:

Formerly housed with a collection of University of Pennsylvania medical dissertations, under call number 378.748 POS 1877.

M.S. University of Pennsylvania 1877

Cited as:

John Francis Maher, Darwin's "Descent of man" reviewed (Misc Mss Box 25 Folder 47). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1511131839