TY  - BOOK
AU  - Muir,Andrew Forest
AU  - Hall,Randal L.
AU  - Lowe,Sylvia Stallings
TI  - William Marsh Rice and his institute: the centennial edition 
SN  - 9781603446884
AV  - LD6053 .M85 2012eb
U1  - 378.764/1411 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - College Station
PB  - Texas A & M University Press
KW  - Rice, William Marsh,
KW  - William M. Rice Institute
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - fast
KW  - Businesspeople
KW  - Texas
KW  - Biography
KW  - Philanthropists
KW  - Murder victims
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Gens d'affaires
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Philanthropes
KW  - Victimes d'homicide
KW  - New York (État)
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - Higher
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The early years -- The war years and their sequel -- Plans for the institute -- Murder on Madison Avenue -- Appendix 1. Charter of incorporation of the William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art -- Appendix 2. Elizabeth Baldwin Rice's contested will -- Appendix 3. William Marsh Rice's will -- Appendix 4. The forged or "Patrick" will -- Appendix 5. The early trustees
N2  - In 1891 William Marsh Rice made a generous bequest in order to found the distinguished Houston institution that bears his name. Ironically, this very bequest helped to bring about his murder, an act of treachery perpetrated by a conniving attorney and Rice's naïve, malleable manservant. This captivating tale-full of intrigue, legal twists and turns, and sensational revelations-an important part of the full biography of Rice himself, received its first careful historical investigation by Andrew Forest Muir, a longtime professor of history at Rice University who, beginning in 1957, perf
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