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754:"Dr. E. A. Grosvenor, Educator, is Dead; World Traveler and Authority on European History Long Taught at Amherst, Ex-Professor in Turkey; Filled Chair of Robert College, Istanbul – Author of Many. Books and Articles"
732:"Ex-Gov. Whitman Engaged To Marry. Betrothal To Mrs. Thelma S. C. Grosvenor, Widow Of Lawyer, Is Announced. Fiance Formerly Judge Served As District Attorney Of New York County His Daughter To Be Wed In June"
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The Hippodrome of Constantinople: and Its Still Existing Monuments
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Phi Beta Kappa. Alpha of New York (Union College) (1917).
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The Literary News: A Monthly Journal of Current Literature
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533:"Sketches of Writers: Professor Edwin A. Grosvenor"
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363:Andronike, the Heroine of the Greek Revolution
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636:"History of the Asa Waters Mansion"
414:"Evolution of Russian Government,"
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379:Contemporary History of the World
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662:"Descendants of John Grosvenor"
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371:Permanence of the Greek Type
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792:. New York: Penguin, 2004.
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504:"Amherst Prof 50 Years Wed"
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718:. He was 90 years old.
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716:Alexander Graham Bell
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421:"Growth of Russia,"
321:Governor of New York
537:The Writer Magazine
439:National Geographic
437:"Races of Europe,"
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