Lester Hubbard Church '20: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology

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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.

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Language

English

Type

Text, Obituary, College Publication

Identifier

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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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