1841 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 8, 1841
Commencement exercises for the 1840-41 academic year are held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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George Washington Bethune '23 Receives Honorary Degree
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 13, 1843
George Washington Bethune (Class of 1823), clergyman, fisherman, and writer of hymns, receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1843 commencement exercises.
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1843 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 13, 1843
Commencement exercises for the 1842-43 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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1844 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 11, 1844
Commencement exercises for the 1843-44 academic year are held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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William Henry Gilder Receives Honorary Degree
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 10, 1845
Journalist and explorer William Henry Gilder receives an honorary Master of Arts degree as part of Dickinson's 1845 commencement exercises.
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1845 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 10, 1845
Commencement exercises for the 1844-45 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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1846 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 9, 1846
Commencement exercises for the 1845-46 academic year are held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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Henry Brewerton Receives Honorary Degree
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 8, 1847
Henry Brewerton, Superintendent of the United States Military Academy from 1845-52 and later a Union Army General during the American Civil War, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1847 commencement exercises.
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1847 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 8, 1847
Commencement exercises for the 1846-47 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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Henry Louis Baugher '26 Receives Honorary Degree
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 13, 1848
Henry Louis Baugher (Class of 1826), clergyman and President of Gettysburg College from 1850-68, receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1848 commencement exercises.
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1848 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 13, 1848
Commencement exercises for the 1847-48 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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1849 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 12, 1849
Commencement exercises for the 1848-49 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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1850 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 11, 1850
Commencement exercises for the 1849-50 academic year are held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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Charles Collins Receives Honorary Degree
Date of Event
Thu., Jun. 26, 1851
Charles Collins, President of Dickinson College from 1852-1860, receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1851 commencement exercises.
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1851 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jun. 26, 1851
Commencement exercises for the 1850-51 academic year were held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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Samuel Dickinson Hillman '50 Receives Honorary Degree
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 8, 1852
Samuel Dickinson Hillman (Class of 1850), educator and interim President of Dickinson College for five months in 1868, receives an honorary Master of Arts degree as part of Dickinson's 1852 Commencement exercises.
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John Perdue Gray '46 Receives Honorary Degree
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 8, 1852
John Purdue Gray (Class of 1846), psychiatrist and editor of The American Journal of Insanity, later renamed The American Journal of Psychiatry, receives an honorary Master of Arts degree as part of Dickinson's 1852 Commencement exercises.
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1852 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 8, 1852
Commencement exercises for the 1851-52 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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1853 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 14, 1853
Commencement exercises for the 1852-53 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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1854 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 13, 1854
Commencement exercises for the 1853-54 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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William Darlington Receives Honorary Degree
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 12, 1855
William Darlington, botanist and Pennsylvania Congressman from 1819-23, received an honorary Doctor of Political Science degree as part of Dickinson's 1855 Commencement exercises.
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1855 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 12, 1855
Commencement exercises for the 1854-55 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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Spencer Fullerton Baird '40 Receives Honorary degree
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 10, 1856
Spencer Fullerton Baird (Class of 1840), naturalist, curator, Dickinson College professor from 1845-1850, and partial namesake of Baird-McClintock Hall, received an honorary Doctor of Political Science degree as part of the College's 1856 Commencement exercises.
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Jonathan Townley Crane Receives Honorary Degree
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 10, 1856
Minister and abolitionist Jonathan Townley Crane received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1856 Commencement exercises.
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1856 Commencement
Date of Event
Thu., Jul. 10, 1856
Commencement exercises for the 1855-56 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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