Lester Hubbard Church '20: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Title
Lester Hubbard Church '20: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology
Subject
Trinity College and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918
Description
Two Trinity students, sadly, did not see a Commencement as a result of the influenza. Among them was Lester Hubbard Church ’20 who, while serving as a third-class quartermaster on a submarine undergoing repairs in New London, “was stricken with Spanish influenza. This developed into pneumonia and he died September 26, 1918.”
Creator
Trinity College
Source
Trinity College Digital Repository
Publisher
Watkinson Library and Trinity College Archives, Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
Date
1919
Contributor
N/A
Rights
Digital reproductions and permission to publish Watkinson materials may be requested by contacting Watkinson staff. With permission of the staff, readers may use their own cameras in the library. Users of materials from the Watkinson Library or the College Archives must accept full legal responsibility for observing the laws of copyright, as well as the laws of libel and invasion of privacy and property rights.
Relation
N/A
Format
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Language
English
Type
Text, Obituary, College Publication
Identifier
N/A
Coverage
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
Citation
Trinity College, “Lester Hubbard Church '20: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology,” Watkinson Library - Virtual Museum, accessed March 28, 2024, https://watkinsonlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/19.
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