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Herbert P. Gambrell, historian, was born in Tyler, Texas, the son of Joel Halbert and Victoria (Pickens) Gambrell. His father was a minister and editor of the Baptist Standard. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Southern Methodist University, where he was soon offered a teaching position. Here he earned his master's degree and remained a permanent fixture of the university's history department, of which he became chairman in 1947. Students remember him as an unconventional, exciting professor, who told tall tales of Texas history. The joy he found in teaching was accented when he became the first managing editor of the Southwest Review. His published works include :: A Social and Political History of Texas, which he cowrote with Lewis W. Newton; Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar: Troubadour and Crusader; Anson Jones: The Last President of Texas; A Pictorial History of Texas. [from his bio at tshaonline.org]
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Herbert P. Gambrell, historian, was born in Tyler, Texas, the son of Joel Halbert and Victoria (Pickens) Gambrell. His father was a minister and editor of the Baptist Standard. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Southern Methodist University, where he was soon offered a teaching position. Here he earned his master's degree and remained a permanent fixture of the university's history department, of which he became chairman in 1947. Students remember him as an unconventional, exciting professor, who told tall tales of Texas history. The joy he found in teaching was accented when he became the first managing editor of the Southwest Review. His published works include :: A Social and Political History of Texas, which he cowrote with Lewis W. Newton; Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar: Troubadour and Crusader; Anson Jones: The Last President of Texas; A Pictorial History of Texas. [from his bio at tshaonline.org]
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Herbert P. Gambrell, historian, was born in Tyler, Texas, the son of Joel Halbert and Victoria (Pickens) Gambrell. His father was a minister and editor of the Baptist Standard. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Southern Methodist University, where he was soon offered a teaching position. Here he earned his master's degree and remained a permanent fixture of the university's history department, of which he became chairman in 1947. Students remember him as an unconventional, exciting professor, who told tall tales of Texas history. The joy he found in teaching was accented when he became the first managing editor of the Southwest Review. His published works include :: A Social and Political History of Texas, which he cowrote with Lewis W. Newton; Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar: Troubadour and Crusader; Anson Jones: The Last President of Texas; A Pictorial History of Texas. [from his bio at tshaonline.org]
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Herbert P. Gambrell, historian, was born in Tyler, Texas, the son of Joel Halbert and Victoria (Pickens) Gambrell. His father was a minister and editor of the Baptist Standard. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Southern Methodist University, where he was soon offered a teaching position. Here he earned his master's degree and remained a permanent fixture of the university's history department, of which he became chairman in 1947. Students remember him as an unconventional, exciting professor, who told tall tales of Texas history. The joy he found in teaching was accented when he became the first managing editor of the Southwest Review. His published works include :: A Social and Political History of Texas, which he cowrote with Lewis W. Newton; Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar: Troubadour and Crusader; Anson Jones: The Last President of Texas; A Pictorial History of Texas. [from his bio at tshaonline.org]
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