James
Burrill
Angell
Born:
1829
Scituate
Died: 1916
Parents: Andrew Aldrich Angell and Amy Angell
Spouse: Sarah Swope
Died: 1916
Parents: Andrew Aldrich Angell and Amy Angell
Spouse: Sarah Swope
Writings
Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
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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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Skills:
Author
Education:
Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) | De Pauw University | Greencastle , IN | 1937 |
Career:
Position | Organization | Location | Date |
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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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