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'''Henry Edward Chambers, Sr.''' (March 28, 1860 &ndash; March 8, 1929), was an [[educator]] and [[historian]] from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], known principally for his 1925 work, ''History of Louisiana: Wilderness, Colony, Province, Territory, State, People,'' a source for much on the 19th and early 20th centuries.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://lahistory.org/site20.php|title=Chambers, Henry E.|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=March 16, 2011}}</ref>

'''Henry Edward Chambers Sr.''' (March 28, 1860 &ndash; March 8, 1929), was an [[educator]] and [[historian]] from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], known principally for his 1925 work, ''History of Louisiana: Wilderness, Colony, Province, Territory, State, People,'' a source for much on the 19th and early 20th centuries.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://lahistory.org/site20.php|title=Chambers, Henry E.|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=March 16, 2011}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

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==

During the [[Spanish–American War]], the 38-year-old Chambers was a sergeant of the First Troop, Louisiana Cavalry, but the war ended after four months and before the Louisiana troops reached [[Cuba]].<ref name=bio/>​

During the [[Spanish–American War]], the 38-year-old Chambers was a sergeant of the First Troop, Louisiana Cavalry, but the war ended after four months and before the Louisiana troops reached [[Cuba]].<ref name=bio/>​

 

From 1885 to 1889, Chambers edited ''The Progressive Teacher.'' From 1893 to 1894, he was the editor of ''Louisiana School Review.'' For ten years, he was a director of the Louisiana State Chautauqua, a summer camp educational organization also promoted by [[J. E. Keeny|John Ephraim Keeny]], a president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], and the LSU president [[Thomas Duckett Boyd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site28.php|title=Keeny, John Ephraim|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=December 27, 2010}}</ref> Chambers was affiliated with the University Club, Louisiana Education Association, [[National Education Association]], Louisiana Historical Society, Mississippi Valley Historical Association (renamed the Organization of American Historians), [[American Historical Association]], and Sons of the American Revolution.<ref name=bio />

From 1885 to 1889, Chambers edited ''The Progressive Teacher.'' From 1893 to 1894, he was the editor of ''Louisiana School Review.'' For ten years, he was a director of the Louisiana State Chautauqua, a summer camp educational organization also promoted by [[J. E. Keeny|John Ephraim Keeny]], a president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], and the LSU president [[Thomas Duckett Boyd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site28.php|title=Keeny, John Ephraim|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=December 27, 2010}}</ref> Chambers was affiliated with the University Club, Louisiana Education Association, [[National Education Association]], Louisiana Historical Society, Mississippi Valley Historical Association (renamed the Organization of American Historians), [[American Historical Association]], and Sons of the American Revolution.<ref name=bio />

==Later years==

==Later years==

 

Faced with potential [[deafness]], Chambers in 1905 at the age of forty-five ended his long educational career. For the next seven years until 1912, he operated his Chambers Advertising Agency, Inc., in New Orleans.  He was then affiliated with the Vallière Manufacturing Company from 1914 until his death, having been treasurer and vice president of that company.<ref name=lahist/>​

Faced with potential [[deafness]], Chambers in 1905 at the age of forty-five ended his long educational career. For the next seven years until 1912, he operated his Chambers Advertising Agency, Inc., in New Orleans.  He was then affiliated with the Vallière Manufacturing Company from 1914 until his death, having been treasurer and vice president of that company.<ref name=lahist/>​

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 uses ''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 uses ''Who Was Who in America, 1897–1942'' and ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' March 9, 1929.</ref>​

 

==References==

==References==