Charles Francis Himes (Dickinson Chronicles)

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John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “Charles Francis Himes,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/h/ed_HimesCF.html.
Charles Francis Himes was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on June 2, 1838 to William D.
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Robert Emory (Dickinson Chronicles)

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John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “Robert Emory,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/e/ed_emoryR.html.
Robert Emory was born in 1814 to Bishop John Emory and his wife.  The elder Emory had served as president of the Dickinson College Board of Trustees from 1833 to 1835, and is the namesake of both Emory University in Georgia and Emory and Henry College in Virginia.  The younger Emory attended Columbia University and graduated at the top of his class in 1831.  He then studied law under Reverend Johnson in Baltimore.
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John Price Durbin (Dickinson Chronicles)

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John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “John Price Durbin,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/d/ed_durbinJP.html.
John Price Durbin was born on October 10, 1800 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, the eldest of five sons.
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James Andrew McCauley (Dickinson Chronicles)

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John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “James Andrew McCauley,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/m/ed_mccauleyJA.htm.
James Andrew McCauley was born on October 7, 1822 in Cecil County, Maryland to Daniel and Elizabeth McCauley.  He prepared for college at the Baltimore Classical Institute in Maryland before entering Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as a freshman in September 1844.  He was elected to the Union Philosophical Society and he graduated with highest honors in 1847.

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