| Clarence Fonteneau Townsend
Clarence Fonteneau Townsend, Rhythmic Fancies and Fantastic Rhymes Clarence Townsend gave a student address at the commencement at the College of California-Oakland (now the University of California) in 1866. The first graduates of the College of California received their degrees in June, 1864 in Oakland. The University of California-Berkeley Blue and Gold Yearbook, class of 1886 has an entry for: "CLARENCE F. TOWNSEND, A. B. San Francisco Lawyer. Member of Legislature. Solicitor. 1867." Apparently, Townsend received his A.B. in 1867. Poetry Clarence Fonteneau Townsend, Rhythmic Fancies and Fantastic Rhymes (San Francisco: The Blair-Murdock Co., 1915) [online text] |
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