HARRIS, THOMAS LEGRAND: 1863-1941.
Thomas LeGrand Harris , son of Greene and Jane Wilson Harris, was born in HamiltonCounty, Ind., on Apr. 8, 1863. He was educated at Indiana University (A.B., 1892; A.M., 1895) and at Harvard (A.M., 1899). In 1922 he received his Ph.D. degree from Indiana University.
After teaching in country schools and high schools of Indiana , he became an instructor in history at Indiana University in 1905, and in 1912 went to Baker University as professor of history and head of the department. He also taught history during a number of summers at Denver University. On Aug. 14, 1913, he married Adah Shafer. After his retirement from teaching he lived at Greencastle, Ind., where he died on Aug. 23, 1941.
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