James Burrill Angell

Born: 1829   Scituate
Died: 1916
Parents: Andrew Aldrich Angell and Amy Angell
Spouse: Sarah Swope

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
From Vermont to Michigan ; correspondence of James Burrill Angell: 1869-1871 / with a foreword by his son, James Rowland Angell ; edited by Wilfred B. Shaw. Non Fiction , Michigan History Adult Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press 1936
Selected Addresses Non Fiction Adult Longman, Green and Co. 1912
The Reminiscences of James Burrill Angell
- Reprinted in 1971 by Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, N.Y.
Non Fiction , Biography , Michigan Adult New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. 1912
Shall the American colleges be open to both sexes? Non Fiction Adult Rhode Island Schoolmaster, vol. 17, no. 8, August, 1871 1871
Chamber's Handbook of French Literature
- Revised and Edited by James B. Angell, Professor of Modern Languages in Brown University.
Non Fiction Adult Philadelphia: Cowperthwait & Co. 1857
What is the aim or goal of your writing: For nearly a decade he knew every student and called him by name. He was genial and sociable, approachable at all times and fond of social intercourse. The President's house became the center of a social life important to members of the faculty. He retired from the presidency of the University of Michigan in 1909 but continued to occupy the president's house upon the campus until his death in 1916.

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Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) De Pauw University Greencastle , IN 1937

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
President University of Michigan Ann Arbor 1871 -1909
President University of Vermont Burlington 1866 -1871
Editor Providence Journal Providence 1860 -1866
Chair in Modern Languages Brown University Providence 1853 -1860
Civil Engineer Boston 1850
Studing languages and literature Paris, France and Munich, Germany 1850 -1852
Assistant in the College Library Brown University Providence 1849 -1850

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