LINDLEY, ERNEST HIRAM: 1869-1940.
Ernest Hiram Lindley , son of Hiram and Laura White Lindley, was born in Paoli, Ind., on Oct. 2, 1869, and graduated from Indiana University in 1893, receiving the A.M. degree in 1894 and the Ph.D. from Clark University in 1897. He also studied in Germany and at Harvard and received honorary degrees from various institutions. On Sept. 18, 1895, he married Elisabeth Kidder.
From 1893 to 1917 he was a member of the faculty of Indiana University, from 1917 to 1920 president of the University of Idaho, and from 1920 to 1939 chancellor of the University of Kansas. He died on Aug. 21, 1940.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Arthur Griffith, Arithmetical Prodigy (withW. L. Bryan).
