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'''Charles Custis Harrison''' (1844-1929) was an [[United States|American]] university provost. He was born in [[Philadelphia]], was educated at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] (A.B., 1862; A.M., 1865), and received the honorary degree of LL.D. from [[Columbia University|Columbia]] (1895), [[Princeton University|Princeton]] (1896), [[Yale University|Yale]] (1901), and the University of Pennsylvania (1911). From [[1863]] to [[1892]] he was engaged in manufacturing. He became a trustee in [[1876]], was acting provost in [[1894]]-[[1895|95]], and provost from 1895 to [[1911]]. |
'''Charles Custis Harrison''' (1844-1929) was an [[United States|American]] university provost. He was born in [[Philadelphia]], was educated at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] (A.B., 1862; A.M., 1865), and received the honorary degree of LL.D. from [[Columbia University|Columbia]] (1895), [[Princeton University|Princeton]] (1896), [[Yale University|Yale]] (1901), and the University of Pennsylvania (1911). From [[1863]] to [[1892]] he was engaged in manufacturing. He became a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania in [[1876]], was acting provost in [[1894]]-[[1895|95]], and provost from 1895 to [[1911]]. |
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Charles Custis Harrison (1844-1929) was an American university provost. He was born in Philadelphia, was educated at the University of Pennsylvania (A.B., 1862; A.M., 1865), and received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Columbia (1895), Princeton (1896), Yale (1901), and the University of Pennsylvania (1911). From 1863 to 1892 he was engaged in manufacturing. He became a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania in 1876, was acting provost in 1894-95, and provost from 1895 to 1911.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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