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Author Williams, Roger L. (Roger Lea), author.

Title Frederick Watts and the founding of Penn State / Roger L. Williams
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]

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Contents 1. Frederick Watts's First Fifty Years -- 2. The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society -- 3. Chartering and Locating the New School -- 4. Building the School and Preparing to Open -- 5. The Presidency of Evan Pugh -- 6. Watts and the College After Pugh -- 7. Final Years with the College and the Aftermath -- 8. U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 19, 2021)
Subject Watts, Frederick, 1801-1889.
SUBJECT Watts, Frederick, 1801-1889
Watts, Frederick, 1801-1889 fast
Subject Agricultural College of Pennsylvania -- History
Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania -- History
SUBJECT Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania fast
Agricultural College of Pennsylvania fast
Subject College trustees -- Pennsylvania -- Biography
Agricultural innovations -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
College trustees
Agricultural innovations
Pennsylvania
Genre/Form History
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0271090499
9780271090474
0271090472
9780271090498