Ashbel Smith of Texas: Pioneer, Patriot, Statesman, 1805-1886 (CENTENNIAL SERIES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS, TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY)

by Elizabeth Silverthorne

Book Overview

Though three times burned in effigy for his political activities, Ashbel Smith was an admired and influential leader in nineteenth-century Texas. A doctor educated at Yale and abroad, the "father of Texas medicine" championed higher standards of medical practice and helped found the state's medical society. He worked persistently to establish free public education in Texas and in his later years led the way in founding Prairie View State Normal School,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890961271
• ISBN13: 9780890961278
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.