1.

Record Nr.

UNICASUFI0019178

Autore

Sorabji, Richard

Titolo

Necessity, cause and blame : perspectives on Aristotles theory / Richard Sorabji

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Duckworth, 1980

ISBN

0715613723

Descrizione fisica

XV, 326 p. ; 25 cm.

Collana

Paperduck

Disciplina

123.092

Soggetti

Aristotele

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910591158003321

Autore

Kriebel Robert C. <1932->

Titolo

The Midas of the Wabash : A Biography of John Purdue / / Robert C. Kriebel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Purdue University Press, 2019

West Lafayette, Ind. : , : Purdue University Press, , 2002

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021

©2002

ISBN

9781557539250

1557539251

9781557539267

155753926X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 182 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Founders.

Classificazione

BIO003000HIS036040HIS036090

Disciplina

378.77295

Soggetti

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business

Benefactors

Biographies.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The Midas of the Wabash is a biography of noted businessman John Purdue (1802-1876), whose donations of time and money led to the founding of Indiana's land grant university, Purdue University, in 1869. Purdue also contributed to economically important bridge, railroad, and cemetery construction, the existence of Lafayette Savings Bank and the Battle Ground Collegiate Institute, cattle farming, Lafayette's public school system, and countless other worthy enterprises. This is the first published full length study of Mr. Purdue's life and work beyond casual street-talk that portrayed Purdue as a difficult individual with whom to work. This biography incorporates research efforts by previous writers with facts gleaned from newspaper coverage, official documents, and a few rare samples of Mr. Purdue's letters. In this way, a complete picture of the man and myth is generated.