Franklin Lafayette Riley Jr.

Franklin Lafayette Riley Jr. (August 24, 1868 – November 10, 1929) was an American historian. The title of his dissertation was Colonial Origins of New England Senates.[1] After receiving his doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University he was appointed as the first Professor of History at Ole Miss. In his capacity as a professor at the University of Mississippi at Oxford, he helped to establish the Mississippi Historical Society and later the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.[2][3] In 1902, he wrote a paper detailing the lineage of his grandfather, Edward Riley, and his descendants.

Publications

  • Publications of the Mississippi historical society Volume 10, editor 1898

References

  1. ^ Riley, Franklin Lafayette (November 25, 1896). Colonial origins of New England senates. A dissertation ... for the degree of doctor of philosophy. OCLC 316552241 – via Open WorldCat.
  2. ^ Hans C. Rasmussen. "Riley, Franklin Lafayette Jr." American National Biography Online. February 2000. Retrieved on November 3, 2010.
  3. ^ Hollandsworth Jr., James G. (2008). Portrait of a Scientific Racist: Alfred Holt Stone of Mississippi. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p.74, p. 243. ISBN 9780807133361


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