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Thomas Anthony Thacher (January 11, 1815 – April 7, 1886) was an American classicist and college administrator.
Mar 7, 2014 · Rev. Thacher intended to immigrate to New England, but the death of his wife altered his plans. He died in 1640. In his will, he left his entire library (117 volumes) to his son Thomas...
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Mar 4, 2015 · On the death of Margaret Thatcher we were inundated with claims that she had transformed British politics. Here we argue that we need to contextualize Thatcherism and question arguments that now seem to be taken for granted.
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His son Sherman Day Thacher was the founder of the Thacher School in Ojai, California; and his daughter Elizabeth Sherman Thacher married William Kent (U.S. Congressman). The Kents are best known today for donating the land for the Muir Woods National Monument .
After graduation, Thacher moved to California and took up 160 acres (0.65 km 2) of government land to plant an orange grove. In 1889, he founded the Thacher School at Ojai, California, serving as its headmaster. [2] In 1895, his brother William came to work with the school. He remained as headmaster until his retirement in June, 1931.
The son of Yale professor Thomas Anthony Thacher and the former Elizabeth Baldwin Thacher (Sherman) (a granddaughter of American founding father Roger Sherman, he elected to move to California to care for his brother who needed the "fresh air" cure for his tuberculosis.
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The papers consist of correspondence, legal and financial documents, minutes of meetings, and memorabilia related to Thomas Anthony Thacher's personal life and family, his academic career at Yale College, and his interest in public higher education.
