. History of the University of Michigan . u-tion. In 1898, at the solicitation of his publishers,he gathered some of the papers written during hisstay in England, and reprinted them with revisionsunder the designation of Glimpses of his remaining years he continued to pros-ecute his literary work as far as strength would per-mit, and had some further things well in hand when death overtook him, December 28, 1900. He re- 16 ceived the degree of Master of Arts from Yale in1863, the degree of Doctor of Laws from WoosterUniversity in 1875, ^^^ ^^^ degree of Doctor ofHumanities (
. History of the University of Michigan . u-tion. In 1898, at the solicitation of his publishers,he gathered some of the papers written during hisstay in England, and reprinted them with revisionsunder the designation of Glimpses of his remaining years he continued to pros-ecute his literary work as far as strength would per-mit, and had some further things well in hand when death overtook him, December 28, 1900. He re- 16 ceived the degree of Master of Arts from Yale in1863, the degree of Doctor of Laws from WoosterUniversity in 1875, ^^^ ^^^ degree of Doctor ofHumanities () from Columbia in 26, 1859, he was married to Jeannette HullGilbert, of New Haven, and they had two children :Jessica Gilbert, now married to W. H. .Austen,Reference Librarian of Cornell University, and Ed-ward Scott, who died in 1901. (See page 56.) CHARLES ARTEMAS KENT was born at Hopkinton, New York, October 11, 1835, son ofArtemas and Sarah (Weed) Kent. On the fathersside he traces his ancestry back to Thomas Kent, of. CHARLES ARTEMAS KENT Gloucester, Massachusetts, who settled in that townabout 1640. His mother was of French the usual preliminary training he entered theUniversity of Vermont in 1852 and was graduatedBachelor of Arts four years later. He was then fora year principal of the Washington County Gram-mar School, at Montpelier, Vermont. From 1857to 1859 he was a student at the Andover Theologi-cal Seminary. He then came to Detroit, and, afterstudying law in the office of Charles I. Walker, wasadmitted to the Bar in 1S60, and has since practisedhis profession continuously in that city. From 1868 242 UNIVERSITT OF MICHIGAN to 1SS6 he held the Fletcher Professorship of Lawat the University of Michigan. He has served onthe School Board of Detroit, and in 1881-1SS2 wasone of a commission appointed to revise the taxlaws of Michigan. In 1S99 the Regents of theUniversity conferred upon him the degree of Doc-tor of I^aws. He was married April
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