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'''Thomas Duckett Boyd, Sr.''' (January 20, 1854 – November 2, 1932), was an [[United States|American]] [[educator]] who was from 1896 to 1926 the president of [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital icty of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. Earlier, from 1888 to 1896, he headed [[Northwestern State University]], then known as Louisiana Normal, a teacher-training institute in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]].

'''Thomas Duckett Boyd Sr.''' (January 20, 1854 – November 2, 1932), was an [[United States|American]] [[educator]] who was from 1896 to 1926 the president of [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital icty of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. Earlier, from 1888 to 1896, he headed [[Northwestern State University]], then known as Louisiana Normal, a teacher-training institute in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]].

   

   

==Biography==

==Biography==

Boyd's time as LSU president paralleled the peak of the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] of the Lost Cause of the[[Confederate States of America|Confederacy. Boyd's older brother, David French Boyd, was a Confederate officer who had served on the original LSU faculty when the school was based in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana and under the first LSU president and subsequent [[Union Army]] [[General]] [[William Tecumseh Sherman]]. David Boyd was the first LSU president at the time his brother Thomas began his own long-term association with the institution.

Boyd's time as LSU president paralleled the peak of the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] of the Lost Cause of the[[Confederate States of America|Confederacy. Boyd's older brother, David French Boyd, was a Confederate officer who had served on the original LSU faculty when the school was based in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana and under the first LSU president and subsequent [[Union Army]] [[General]] [[William Tecumseh Sherman]]. David Boyd was the first LSU president at the time his brother Thomas began his own long-term association with the institution.

Since its creation in 1953, the Boyd Professorship at LSU, named for both David French Boyd and Thomas Duckett Boyd, has honored scholars in various fields of study.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ref-raff.wikispaces.com/Louisiana+-+LSU+-+Boyd+Professors|title=Louisiana - LSU - Boyd professors|publisher=wikispaces.com|accessdate=October 23, 2014}}</ref> After Thomas Boyd's presidency, the Boyd Professor of History T. Harry Williams(1909-1979) did much to debunk the premises and defenders of The Lost Cause.<ref name=hbmcsween>{{cite web|url=http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2000/autumn/mcsween-t-harry-williams/|author=Harold B. McSween|title=T. Harry Williams: A Remembrance|publisher=''Virginia Quarterly Review: A National Journal of Literature & Discussion''|accessdate=July 13, 2009}}</ref>

Since its creation in 1953, the Boyd Professorship at LSU, named for both David French Boyd and Thomas Duckett Boyd, has honored scholars in various fields of study.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ref-raff.wikispaces.com/Louisiana+-+LSU+-+Boyd+Professors|title=Louisiana - LSU - Boyd professors|publisher=wikispaces.com|accessdate=October 23, 2014}}</ref> After Thomas Boyd's presidency, the Boyd Professor of History T. Harry Williams(1909–1979) did much to debunk the premises and defenders of The Lost Cause.<ref name=hbmcsween>{{cite web|url=http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2000/autumn/mcsween-t-harry-williams/|author=Harold B. McSween|title=T. Harry Williams: A Remembrance|publisher=''Virginia Quarterly Review: A National Journal of Literature & Discussion''|accessdate=July 13, 2009}}</ref>

In 1882, Boyd wed the former Annie Foules Fuqua of Baton Rouge, and the couple had five children: Thomas Duckett Boyd, Jr. (1882-1964), David French Boyd, II (1884-1885), Jeannette Foules Boyd (1886-1887), Minerva French Boyd Howell (1888-1973), and Henry Cecil Boyd (1895-1914), only two of whom lived past the age of twenty.<ref>"Thomas Duckett Boyd", ''Who's Who in the World, 1912</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/thomas-duckett-boyd-family-papers-1860-1966/oclc/247539519|title=Thomas Duckett Boyd family papers, 1860-1966|publisher=worldcat.org|accessdate=October 24, 2014}}</ref> At the time of his death, Boyd was the LSU president-[[emeritus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9404E2DF1E31E333A25750C0A9679D946394D6CF|title=THOMAS DUCKETT BOYD.; President-Emeritus of Louisiana State University Dies at 78|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=November 3, 1932|page=24 of Amusements/Art|accessdate=October 23, 2014}}</ref> Mrs. Boyd died a year and a half before the passing of her husband in Baton Rouge. The Boyds and all of their children are interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58176446|title=Col. Thomas Duckett Boyd, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 3, 2020}}</ref>

In 1882, Boyd wed the former Annie Foules Fuqua of Baton Rouge, and the couple had five children: Thomas Duckett Boyd Jr. (1882–1964), David French Boyd, II (1884–1885), Jeannette Foules Boyd (1886–1887), Minerva French Boyd Howell (1888–1973), and Henry Cecil Boyd (1895–1914), only two of whom lived past the age of twenty.<ref>"Thomas Duckett Boyd", ''Who's Who in the World, 1912</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/thomas-duckett-boyd-family-papers-1860-1966/oclc/247539519|title=Thomas Duckett Boyd family papers, 1860-1966|publisher=worldcat.org|accessdate=October 24, 2014}}</ref> At the time of his death, Boyd was the LSU president-[[emeritus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9404E2DF1E31E333A25750C0A9679D946394D6CF|title=THOMAS DUCKETT BOYD.; President-Emeritus of Louisiana State University Dies at 78|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=November 3, 1932|page=24 of Amusements/Art|accessdate=October 23, 2014}}</ref> Mrs. Boyd died a year and a half before the passing of her husband in Baton Rouge. The Boyds and all of their children are interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58176446|title=Col. Thomas Duckett Boyd, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 3, 2020}}</ref>

   

   

In 1935, Marcus Manley Wilkerson published through the LSU Press ''Thomas Duckett Boyd: The Story of a Southern Educator.''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books/about/Thomas_Duckett_Boyd.html?id=PJhDAAAAIAAJ|title=Thomas Duckett Boyd: The Story of a Southern Educator|publisher=[[Louisiana State University Press]]|location=[[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]|date=1935|pages=374|accessdate=October 24, 2014}}</ref> Thomas D. Boyd Hall, the LSU administrative building, is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foursquare.com/v/lsu--thomas-d-boyd-hall/4b990b39f964a520a05d35e3|title=LSU - Thomas D. Boyd Hall|publisher=foursquare.com|accessdate=October 23, 2014}}</ref>

In 1935, Marcus Manley Wilkerson published through the LSU Press ''Thomas Duckett Boyd: The Story of a Southern Educator.''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books/about/Thomas_Duckett_Boyd.html?id=PJhDAAAAIAAJ|title=Thomas Duckett Boyd: The Story of a Southern Educator|publisher=[[Louisiana State University Press]]|location=[[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]|date=1935|pages=374|accessdate=October 24, 2014}}</ref> Thomas D. Boyd Hall, the LSU administrative building, is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foursquare.com/v/lsu--thomas-d-boyd-hall/4b990b39f964a520a05d35e3|title=LSU - Thomas D. Boyd Hall|publisher=foursquare.com|accessdate=October 23, 2014}}</ref>

   

   

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