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Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926

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Biography

"Serving concurrently as director of Chamberlin Observatory, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and dean of the Graduate College throughout most of the 1890s, he added the duties of acting chancellor when Dr. [William Fraser] McDowell resigned in 1899." Herbert Howe served as acting chancellor from June 1899 to December 1899, when Henry Augustus Buchtel was appointed.

Citation:
Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, pp. 80, 277.

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

Pioneer Astronomer : The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Continuation of Chapter 6, 2000 January 26

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00011
Abstract Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1916 diary recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life. Includes special mention of: Colorado becoming a dry state on January 1; the closing of the University Park Post Office on January 16, with subsequent delivery...
Dates: 2000 January 26

Pioneer Astronomer : The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Continuation of Chapter 6, The War Years, 2000 January 15

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00010
Abstract

Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1915 diary recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life.

Dates: 2000 January 15

Pioneer Astronomer : The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Transcript of Herbert A. Howe's 1918 diary, 2000 February 26

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00013
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Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1918 diary recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life.

Dates: 2000 February 26

Pioneer Astronomer : The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Transcript of Herbert .A. Howe's 1919 diary, 2000 March 10

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00014
Abstract

Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1919 diary recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life.

Dates: 2000 March 10

University of Denver Professor and Administrator Herbert A. Howe, between 1891-1926

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Identifier: M010.02.0002.0011.00001
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) administrator and Professor of Astronomy and Applied Mathematics Herbert Alonzo Howe poses for a formal portrait in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1891-1926

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