William Marsh Rice and his institute : the centennial edition / edited by Randal L. Hall ; first edition by Sylvia Stallings Morris Lowe from the papers and research notes of Andrew Forest Muir.
Material type: TextPublication details: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781603446884
- 1603446885
- Rice, William Marsh, 1816-1900
- William M. Rice Institute -- History -- 19th century
- Rice, William Marsh, 1816-1900
- William M. Rice Institute
- Businesspeople -- Texas -- Biography
- Philanthropists -- Texas -- Biography
- Murder victims -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Gens d'affaires -- Texas -- Biographies
- Philanthropes -- Texas -- Biographies
- Victimes d'homicide -- New York (État) -- New York -- Biographies
- EDUCATION -- Higher
- Businesspeople
- Murder victims
- Philanthropists
- New York (State) -- New York
- Texas
- 1800-1899
- 378.764/1411 23
- LD6053 .M85 2012eb
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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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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