Braxton Craven
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Braxton Craven (1822 - 1882) was a U.S. educator. He served as the second president of the institution that became Duke University from 1842 to 1863 and then again from 1866 to 1882. The institution was known as Union Institute from 1841 to 1851, Normal College until 1859, and Trinity College until 1924. He taught ancient languages, ethics, philosophy, law, rhetoric, and logic at Duke.[1]
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- ^ Duke's President's. Duke University Archives. Accessed on December 11, 2006.
Presidents of Duke University* |
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Brantley York (1838—1842) • Braxton Craven (1842—1863, 1866—1882) • Marquis Lafayette Wood (1883—1884) • John Franklin Crowell (1887—1894) • John Carlisle Kilgo (1894—1910) • William Preston Few (1910—1940) • Robert Lee Flowers (1941—1948) • Arthur Hollis Edens (1949—1960) • Julian Deryl Hart (1960—1963) • Douglas Knight (1963—1969) • Terry Sanford (1969—1985) • H. Keith H. Brodie (1985—1993) • Nannerl O. Keohane (1993—2004) • Richard H. Brodhead (2004—) * The institution was not officially established as Duke University until 1924. |