Nicholson B. (Nicholson Barney) Adams

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1. February 5, 1931 The University extension division begins Spanish lessons by radio The extension division began an eleven-week course in Spanish broadcast over WPTF in Raleigh during the University's Thursday afternoon radio hour, with N. B. Adams and three other romance-language professors teaching; the Weekly called it a new venture for the division. People: Nicholson B. (Nicholson Barney) Adams Place: UNC Extension Division, Chapel Hill (broadcast from WPTF, Raleigh)Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, February 6, 1931, p. 1
2. October 2, 1970 Spanish professor Nicholson B. Adams dies Nicholson Barney Adams, 74, who taught Spanish at UNC for more than 40 years, wrote 15 books and had been president of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish, died at N.C. Memorial Hospital on October 2 and was buried in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. People: Nicholson B. (Nicholson Barney) Adams Place: Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: N.C. Memorial HospitalSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 4, 1970, p. 1