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Charles William Eliot (March 20, 1834 – August 22, 1926) was an American academic who was president of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909, the longest term of any Harvard president. A member of the prominent Eliot family of Boston, he transformed Harvard from a respected provincial college into America's preeminent research ...
Charles William Eliot war ein US-amerikanischer Professor für Chemie, Autor und Herausgeber. Mit einer Amtszeit von 40 Jahren ist er bis heute dienstältester Präsident der Harvard University.
Charles William Eliot (born March 20, 1834, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died Aug. 22, 1926, Northeast Harbor, Maine) was an American educator, leader in public affairs, president of Harvard University for 40 years, and editor of the 50-volume Harvard Classics (1909–10).
Charles William Eliot was a 35-year-old Professor of Analytical Chemistry at MIT when he was appointed president of Harvard. Believing that higher education needed to be “broadened, deepened, and invigorated,” Charles Eliot created, in large part, the Harvard we inhabit.
Father of Charles. Charles W. Eliot was born on March 20, 1834 at 31 Beacon Street, Boston, on the site now occupied by the left wing of the Massachusetts State House. He was the fourth in a family of seven children and the only son.
president of Harvard (1869–1909), made the university the leading American institution of higher learning through his improvement of the graduate and professional schools, the distinguished scholars he attracted, the raising of undergraduate standards, and such reforms as the “elective system.”
14. Mai 2018 · The American educator Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was president of Harvard from 1869 to 1909 and transformed the college into a modern university. Born in Boston on March 20, 1834, of a distinguished New England family, Charles W. Eliot graduated from Harvard in 1853.
