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Harry Huntt Ransom

intellect in motion

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An edition of Harry Huntt Ransom (2008)

Harry Huntt Ransom

intellect in motion

1st ed.

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"Both a life story and a portrait of public higher education during the twentieth century, Harry Huntt Ransom captures the spirit of a dynamic individual who dedicated his talents to nurturing intellectual life in Texas and beyond. Tracing the details of Ransom's youth in Galveston and Tennessee and his education at Yale, where he earned a doctorate, Alan Gribben provides new insight into the factors that shaped Ransom's future as a renowned administrator and defender of the humanities."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Texas Press
Language
English
Pages
356

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Subjects

Biography, Educators, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, History, University of Texas at Austin, University of texas, Educators, united states, Texas, biography

People

Harry Huntt Ransom (1908-)

Places

United States
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Harry Huntt Ransom: Intellect in Motion
2010, de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
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Harry Huntt Ransom: Intellect in Motion
2010, University of Texas Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
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Harry Huntt Ransom: intellect in motion
2008, University of Texas Press
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Table of Contents

Beginnings
Texas, Tennessee, travels
The scholar
The teacher
The bare fact of war
Climbing the administrative ladder
The rare books collection
The Texas quarterly
The rare books collection and the academic center
Vice president and provost
University president
The chancellor
Cambridge on the range
A university in transition
Prerogatives and protests
A chancellor's prophecies
Staying the course
"Mr. University"
Farewells
Legacies.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Austin
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
378.1/11, B
Library of Congress
LA2317.R265 G75 2008, LA2317.R265G75 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
356

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16636553M
Internet Archive
harryhunttransom00grib
ISBN 13
9780292717046
LCCN
2008006949
OCLC/WorldCat
213079665
Library Thing
8780866
Goodreads
4381476

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