Rupert N. Richardson
| Rupert Norval Richardson | |
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| Born |
April 28, 1891 Caddo, Stephens County, Texas, USA |
| Died | April 14, 1988 (aged 96) Abilene, Taylor County, Texas |
| Residence | Abilene, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Hardin-Simmons University |
| Occupation | Historian; president of Hardin-Simmons University |
| Years active | ca. 1915-1972 |
| Spouse(s) | Pauline Mayes Richardson (married, 1915-1965, her death) |
| Children | Rupert Richardson, Jr. |
| Parent(s) | Willis Baker and Nannie Coon Richardson |
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(1) Richardson is known for his scholarly studies of the Comanche Indians, Edward M. House, and the portrait of his home community of, Caddo, Texas. (2) Richardson, along with William Curry Holden and the attorney Royston Campbell Crane of Sweetwater were among the principal founders in 1924 of the West Texas Historical Association. (3) Richardson was president of Hardin-Simmons University, one of three institutions of higher education in Abilene, during a time of growth in enrollment and the physical size of the campus. |
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Hardin-Simmons University
University of Chicago
(1) Richardson is known for his scholarly studies of the Comanche Indians, Edward M. House, and the portrait of his home community of, Caddo, Texas.
(2) Richardson, along with William Curry Holden and the attorney Royston Campbell Crane of Sweetwater were among the principal founders in 1924 of the West Texas Historical Association.
Rupert Norval Richardson, Sr. (April 28, 1891 – April 14, 1988), was an American historian and a former president of Baptist-affiliated Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. Active in professional development, he was one of the founders of the West Texas Historical Association.
Richardson was born to Willis Baker Richardson and the former Nannie Coon on Sandy Creek near the community of Caddo in Stephens County, Texas, which had a population in the 1890 census of only seventy-five persons. He attended Simmons College (later Hardin-Simmons University), from which he procured his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he received a Bachelor of Science in 1914 from the University of Chicago. In 1915, Richardson wed the former Pauline Mayes (April 17, 1892 – April-1965); the couple had one son, Rupert Richardson, Jr.
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