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==Background==

==Background==

Chambers was born to Captain Joseph Chambers and the former Maria Charles. His paternal grandfather was Anthony Chambers, who came from [[Ireland]]; his paternal grandmother was Nancy Palmer of [[Connecticut]].  Maria Charles was a daughter of Caleb and Sarah Charles of Lovell in Oxford County, [[Maine]], and a descendant of John Charles, pioneer settler in 1636 of Charlestown, [[Massachusetts]].  Many of Chambers' descendants fought in the [[American Revolution]].<ref name=bio>Biography of Henry Edward Chambers, [http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/orleans/bios/c-000021.txt] accessed March 15, 2011; no longer on-line.</ref> ​

Chambers was born to Captain Joseph Chambers and the former Maria Charles. His paternal grandfather was Anthony Chambers, who came from [[Ireland]]; his paternal grandmother was Nancy Palmer of [[Connecticut]].  Maria Charles was a daughter of Caleb and Sarah Charles of Lovell in Oxford County, [[Maine]], and a descendant of John Charles, pioneer settler in 1636 of Charlestown, [[Massachusetts]].  Many of Chambers' descendants fought in the [[American Revolution]].<ref name=bio>Biography of Henry Edward Chambers, [http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/orleans/bios/c-000021.txt] accessed March 15, 2011; no longer on-line.</ref>

 

Chambers, a [[Presbyterian]], graduated from Boys' Central High School and [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans and years later obtained his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Johns Hopkins University]] in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], which in 1876 became the first American institution to grant such credentials. [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in history and the new field of [[political science]]. Chambers studied at Johns Hopkins under Wilson's instruction.<ref name=bio/>​

Chambers, a [[Presbyterian]], graduated from Boys' Central High School and [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans and years later obtained his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Johns Hopkins University]] in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], which in 1876 became the first American institution to grant such credentials. [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in history and the new field of [[political science]]. Chambers studied at Johns Hopkins under Wilson's instruction.<ref name=bio/>​

 

In 1883, Chambers married the former Ellen White Taylor of Crystal Springs in Copiah County in southwestern [[Mississippi]]. Her father was killed in the [[American Civil War]] in the 1863 Battle of Tebbs Bend near Franklin in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.<ref name=bio/> Their sons were John Taylor Chambers, a [[United States Army]] officer, who married Marion Monroe, the daughter of Frank Adair Monroe, the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and Henry Edward Chambers, Jr., who wed the former Fanita McMillan of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], a descendant of pioneer Texas families.<ref name=lahist/><ref name=bio/>​

In 1883, Chambers married the former Ellen White Taylor of Crystal Springs in Copiah County in southwestern [[Mississippi]]. Her father was killed in the [[American Civil War]] in the 1863 Battle of Tebbs Bend near Franklin in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.<ref name=bio/> Their sons were John Taylor Chambers, a [[United States Army]] officer, who married Marion Monroe, the daughter of Frank Adair Monroe, the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and Henry Edward Chambers, Jr., who wed the former Fanita McMillan of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], a descendant of pioneer Texas families.<ref name=lahist/><ref name=bio/>​

==Educational career==

==Educational career==

 

Before he was eighteen, Chambers began teaching in [[rural]] schools in Louisiana from 1877 to 1881. Soon he was a job hopper, having in 1881–1882 undertaken the principalship of Mineral Springs High School in Mineral Springs in Howard County near Texarkana in southwestern [[Arkansas]]. The following academic year, he was principal of the male and female academies in Monticello  in Drew County in southeastern Arkansas. He was superintendent of the Monticello graded schools from 1883 to 1884 and then the superintendent in [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], Texas, from 1884 to 1885. Chambers returned to New Orleans to become principal of the McDonogh No. 12 School, having remained in that position from 1885 to 1887. Then he was a teacher at his ''alma mater,'' Boys' Central High School in New Orleans from 1887 to 1890, 1896 to 1900, and 1902 to 1905. In the intervening years, he was assistant professor of science at Tulane University from 1890 to 1893. He spent the 1893–1894 year at Johns Hopkins and was principal of Monroe High School in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish

Before he was eighteen, Chambers began teaching in [[rural]] schools in Louisiana from 1877 to 1881. Soon he was a job hopper, having in 1881–1882 undertaken the principalship of Mineral Springs High School in Mineral Springs in Howard County near Texarkana in southwestern [[Arkansas]]. The following academic year, he was principal of the male and female academies in Monticello  in Drew County in southeastern Arkansas. He was superintendent of the Monticello graded schools from 1883 to 1884 and then the superintendent in [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], Texas, from 1884 to 1885. Chambers returned to New Orleans to become principal of the McDonogh No. 12 School, having remained in that position from 1885 to 1887. Then he was a teacher at his ''alma mater,'' Boys' Central High School in New Orleans from 1887 to 1890, 1896 to 1900, and 1902 to 1905. In the intervening years, he was assistant professor of science at Tulane University from 1890 to 1893. He spent the 1893–1894 year at Johns Hopkins and was principal of Monroe High School in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish

from 1894 to 1896. He was affiliated with [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], the normal school in Louisiana from 1900 to 1902.<ref name=bio />​

from 1894 to 1896. He was affiliated with [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], the normal school in Louisiana from 1900 to 1902.<ref name=bio />​

Chambers died of a [[stroke]] in New Orleans at the age of sixty-eight.<ref name=lahist/><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' in its sketch of Chambers used ''Who Was Who in America, 1897–1942'' and ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' March 9, 1929.</ref>​

Chambers died of a [[stroke]] in New Orleans at the age of sixty-eight.<ref name=lahist/><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' in its sketch of Chambers used ''Who Was Who in America, 1897–1942'' and ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' March 9, 1929.</ref>​

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