Edgar Odell Lovett

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Edgar Odell Lovett

1st President of Rice University
Term 1912 – 1946
Predecessor none
Born April 14, 1871(1871-04-14)
Shreve, Ohio
Died August 13, 1957 (aged 86)
Houston, Texas
Alma mater Bethany College, University of Virginia, University of Leipzig

Edgar Odell Lovett (1871-1957) was the first president of Rice Institute in Houston, Texas, now Rice University. He was recommended to the post by Woodrow Wilson, then president of Princeton University.[1][2]

Lovett was born in Shreve, Ohio, on April 14, 1871, the son of Zephania and Maria Elizabeth (Spreng) Lovett. He earned his B.A. at Bethany College of Bethany, West Virginia, in 1890. Lovett studied at West Kentucky College and completed his first doctorate degree at the University of Virginia in 1895.[2] He completed his second doctorate in mathematics under the instruction of Sophus Lie at the University of Leipzig.[3] In 1897, Lovett taught courses at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Virginia, and the University of Chicago in the years following his return to the United States. [4] From 1897 until 1905, he worked his way from instructor to assistant professor and finally the head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at Princeton.[2]


Lovett is buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, Texas.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Boles (2007)
  2. ^ a b c Edgar Odell Lovett. Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.
  3. ^ Boles (2007), p. 13.
  4. ^ Boles (2007), pp. 19-21

[edit] References

  • Boles, John B. (2007), University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute, Louisiana State University Press, ISBN 0807132756 
  • Edgar Odell Lovett. Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.
Academic offices
Preceded by
New position		 President of Rice University
1912-1946		 Succeeded by
William Vermillion Houston
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NAME Lovett, Edgar Odell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION President of Rice University
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Shreve, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1957
PLACE OF DEATH Houston, Texas