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.

Preface

Chapter 1. The City

Chapter 2. The Foundation: 1740-1755

Chapter 3. The Colonial College: 1755-1779

Chapter 4. Division and Reunion

Chapter 5. Low Water: 1791-1828

Chapter 6. The Beginning of Expansion

Chapter 7. The Move to West Philadelphia

Chapter 8. The Era of Expansion

Chapter 9. Provost, Trustees and Alumni

Chapter 10. Under a President: 1930-1940

Index