History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940

Edward Potts Cheyney, a historian of European history, was born on January 17, 1861 in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. He was first educated at country schools, then at the Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, and eventually at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1883. After a brief sojourn in Europe, he returned to enter the University's newly founded Wharton School of Finance, from which he received a bachelor's degree in finance in 1884. In 1929 he was appointed Henry Charles Lea Professor of History and subsequently, in 1934, assumed a position as curator of the Henry Charles Lea Library at the University.

"The distinguished professor emeritus Edward Potts Cheyney has written a history of his alma mater that commands attention. His account is . . . based on the official documents, supported by the researches of colleagues and friends, and illuminated by an affectionate understanding that springs from sixty years of personal knowledge and participation." (Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography)

• PrefaceChapter 1. The CityChapter 2. The Foundation: 1740-1755Chapter 3. The Colonial College: 1755-1779Chapter 4. Division and ReunionChapter 5. Low Water: 1791-1828Chapter 6. The Beginning of ExpansionChapter 7. The Move to West PhiladelphiaChapter 8. The Era of ExpansionChapter 9. Provost, Trustees and AlumniChapter 10. Under a President: 1930-1940Index