Chauncey Samuel Boucher
American academic and historian
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Chauncey Samuel Boucher (June 14, 1886 – August 13, 1955) was an American academic and historian.
Preceded byEdgar A. Burnett
Succeeded byReuben G. Gustavson
Preceded byJohn Roscoe Turner
Succeeded byCharles Elmer Lawall
Chauncey Samuel Boucher | |
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| 10th Chancellor of the University of Nebraska | |
| In office July 1, 1938 – July 31, 1946 | |
| Preceded by | Edgar A. Burnett |
| Succeeded by | Reuben G. Gustavson |
| President of West Virginia University | |
| In office 1935–1938 | |
| Preceded by | John Roscoe Turner |
| Succeeded by | Charles Elmer Lawall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 14, 1886 |
| Died | August 13, 1955 (aged 69) |
| Occupation | scholar, academic administrator |
Boucher was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Chauncey Watson Boucher and Elizabeth Celstea Van Loon. He was a professor of history at the University of Chicago; president of West Virginia University;[1] and chancellor of the University of Nebraska.[2] He died at Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan in 1955, aged 69.
