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Rogers, Francis Millet was born on November 26, 1914 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States.
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Most writers have considered that the great European explorations during the Age of Discovery were motivated primarily by a thirst for knowledge of other lands, desire for international trade, or missionary zeal. Professor Rogers demonstrates that there was another significant reason why Europeans traveled to the East during the late medieval and Renaissance period. This was the dream of a Christian Indies, which in turn led to a quest for the Christians of the Farther East. The author specifically seeks to establish a direct relation between the knowledge of Indian and Ethiopian Christians which was available in Jerusalem from early Christian times onward and which returning pilgrims disseminated in the West, and the presence of the Portuguese in South India and the Ethiopian highlands in the early sixteenth century. Throughout his presentation of the evidence for the chain of events which links Palestinian knowledge with Portuguese action, Professor Rogers places emphasis on the early printed books and tracts which circulated both accurate information and rumor. Specimen pages from some of these books are reproduced as illustrations, and there is a double-page chart showing the genealogy of the nations and the sects of the Christians. There is a list of the early printed books which the author has used in his study as well as a bibliography.
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( The Quest for Eastern Christians was first published in...)
The Quest for Eastern Christians was first published in 1962. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Most writers have considered that the great European explorations during the Age of Discovery were motivated primarily by a thirst for knowledge of other lands, desire for international trade, or missionary zeal. Professor Rogers demonstrates that there was another significant reason why Europeans traveled to the East during the lade medieval and Renaissance period. This was the dream of a Christian Indies, which in turn led to a quest for the Christians of the Farther East. The author specifically seeks to establish a direct relation between the knowledge of Indian and Ethiopian Christians which was available in Jerusalem from early Christian times onward and which returning pilgrims disseminated in the West, and the presence of the Portuguese in South India and the Ethiopian highlands in the early sixteenth century. Throughout his presentation of the evidence for the chain of events which links Palestinian knowledge with Portuguese action, Professor Rogers places emphasis on the early printed books and tracts which circulated both accurate information and rumor. Specimen pages from some of these books are reproduced as illustrations, and there is a double-page chart showing the genealogy of the nations and the sects of the Christians. There is a list of the early printed books which the author has used in his study as well as a bibliography.
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Rogers, Francis Millet was born on November 26, 1914 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States.
AB, Cornell, 1936; Student, University Paris, 1935. A.M., Harvard, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1940. Doctor of Letters, Loyola University, Chicago, 1952.
Doctor of Letters, New Bedford Institute of Technology, 1963. Doctor of Humane Letters, Duquesne University, 1953. Doctor of Humane Letters, Assumption College, Worcester, 1960.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Georgetown University, 1966. Doctor of Laws, Miami University, 1953. Doctor of Laws, Stonehill College, 1957.
Doctor of Laws, Providence College, 1960. Doctor (honorary), University Bahia, Brazil, 1959.
Sheldon traveling fellow, Continental Portugal, Madeiras and Azores, 1938-1939. Fellow American Council Learned Societies, Brazil, 1941. Junior fellow Society of Fellows, Harvard University, 1940-1941.
Faculty instructor in Romance languages and literature Harvard University, 1945-1946, associate professor, 1946-1952, professor, 1952-1977, Nancy Clark Smith professor language and literature of Portugal, 1977-1981, emeritus, since 1981, senior tutor in John Winthrop House, 1946-1950, chairman department Romance languages and literature, 1947-1949, 61-66, dean Graduate School Arts and Sciences, 1949-1955. United States member administrative board International Association Universities, 1950-1955. President 1st International Colloquium on Luso-Brazilian studies, Washington, 1950.
Secretary-general 6th Cambridge, New York City, 1966. Chairman council on junior year abroad Institute International Education, 1951-1953. Consultative committee International Bulletin Luso-Brazilian Bibliography, 1959-1973.
Honorary professor University San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 1961. Member International Conference Group on Portugal, since 1987.
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Trustee Old Dartmouth History Society and Whaling Museum, 1970-1973, St. John's Seminary, Boston, 1968-1976. Served to lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1941-1945, North African Theatre of Operations, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Colonel Reserve retired.
Member International Academy Portuguese Culture (correspondent academician 1966), Hispanic Society of America, American Portuguese Society (board directors, 1976-1983, vice president 1983), Portuguese Educational Society (honorary member) (New Bedford, Massachusetts), Academy of Sciences Lisbon (correspondent academician), Society for History of Discoveries (president 1968-1969), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Delta Phi, Delta Phi Alpha, Delta Epsilon Sigma (honorary), Phi Lambda Beta (president 1968-1977).
Son of Frank Leo and Laura (Sylvia) R. M. Nathalie Esselborn, July 25, 1942 (deceased 1968). 1 daughter, Sheila Mary.
M. Elsie Bann La Carrubba, October 24, 1970.