Frederick Watts and the Founding of Penn State

About the author

Roger L. Williams served as Associate Vice President and Executive Director of the Penn State Alumni Association and as Affiliate Associate Professor in Penn State’s Higher Education Program. He is the author of Evan Pugh’s Penn State: America’s Model Agricultural College and The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education: George W. Atherton and the Land-Grant College Movement, both published by Penn State University Press.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Roger L. Williams, Roger L. (Retired Williams
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2021
• EAN: 9780271089898
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08989-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Pennsylvania, EDUCATION / History, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, History of Education, History of the Americas, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Biography: historical, political and military, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher