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3 unusual facts about Charles Phelps Norton


Charles Phelps Norton

He was the son of Charles Davis Norton and Jeannette Phelps; whose grandmother Betsy Law (Sherman) Phelps was the granddaughter of American founding father Roger Sherman.

Charles Phelps Norton (March 15, 1858–1920) was chancellor of the University at Buffalo from 1909–20; and a founder of the University at Buffalo Law School.

The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal

In the award of the Norton Medal (endowed by Charles Phelps Norton) to Kurtz in 2001, 'The Transcendental Temptation' was noted, amongst Kurtz's other contributions to secular humanism, as a seminal work on the topic.



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