About Luella Clay Carson
Lived 1856 – 1938 (aged 81–82). Luella Clay Carson was an American educator.
Luella Clay Carson (1856-1938) was an educator and university president in the U.S. states of Oregon and California.
Carson was born in Portland, Oregon to pioneer parents. She taught at Pacific University prior to becoming the first chair of the English Department at the University of Oregon in 1888. She became the Dean of Women there in 1895, and remained with the university until 1909.
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Who was Luella Clay Carson?
Educator of Oregon and California
When was Luella Clay Carson born?
Luella Clay Carson was born in 1856 in Portland.
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Luella Clay Carson died in 1938.
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Luella Clay Carson was an educator.
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Luella Clay Carson was American.
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