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Frederick Watts and the Founding of Penn State /
"Examines the life and accomplishments of Frederick Watts (1801-1889) in agricultural innovation and his role in the creation of the institution that would grow into Penn State University"--
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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University Park, Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Frederick Watts's first fifty years
- The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
- Chartering and locating the new school
- Building the school and preparing to open
- The presidency of Evan Pugh
- Watts and the college after Pugh
- Final years with the college and the aftermath
- U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture.