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and then at Harvard, progressing from instructor to full professor in 10 years. He served as the first master of
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and the son of James Phinney Baxter, Jr. He was a nephew of former Maine governor and philanthropist
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Williams College Archives & Special Collections.
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James Phinney Baxter
Williams College
Tyler Dennett
John Edward Sawyer
Portland, Maine
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Pulitzer Prize for History
Portland, Maine
Williamstown, Massachusetts
historian
educator
academic
Pulitzer Prize for History
Portland, Maine
James Phinney Baxter
Percival Proctor Baxter
Portland High School
Phillips Academy
Andover, Massachusetts
Williams College
valedictorian
Phi Beta Kappa
The Kappa Alpha Society
Gargoyle Society
Harvard University
Colorado College
Adams House
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Office of Strategic Services
Office of Scientific Research and Development

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