Franklin Lafayette Riley Jr.
Franklin Lafayette Riley Jr. (August 24, 1868 – November 10, 1929) was an American historian. The title of his dissertation was Colonial Origins of New England Senates.[1] After taking his doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University he was appointed as the first Professor of History at Ole Miss. In his capacity as a professor at the University of Mississippi at Oxford, he helped to establish the Mississippi Historical Society and later the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.[2][3] In 1902, he wrote a paper detailing the lineage of his grandfather, Edward Riley, and his descendants.
References[]
- ^ Riley, Franklin Lafayette (November 25, 1896). Colonial origins of New England senates. A dissertation ... for the degree of doctor of philosophy. OCLC 316552241 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ Hans C. Rasmussen. "Riley, Franklin Lafayette Jr." American National Biography Online. February 2000. Retrieved on November 3, 2010.
- ^ Hollandsworth Jr., James G. (2008). Portrait of a Scientific Racist: Alfred Holt Stone of Mississippi. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p.74, p. 243. ISBN 9780807133361
External links[]
Media related to Franklin Lafayette Riley Jr. at Wikimedia Commons- Franklin L. Riley Papers, 1843-1930, Special Collections Research Center
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