Lawrence Scientific School

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Harvard University school professional school scientific school

Lawrence Scientific School was a 19th-century professional and scientific school at Harvard University that played a key role in the early development of science and engineering education in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
Lawrence Scientific School canonical	3
Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Harvard University school ⓘ professional school ⓘ scientific school ⓘ
academicDiscipline	applied sciences ⓘ chemistry ⓘ engineering ⓘ engineering sciences ⓘ geology ⓘ mathematics ⓘ physics ⓘ science ⓘ
affiliation	Harvard University ⓘ
campus	Cambridge campus of Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard University campus in Cambridge
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	late 19th century ⓘ
educationType	engineering education ⓘ professional education ⓘ scientific education ⓘ
era	post-Civil War United States ⓘ pre-Civil War United States ⓘ
focus	training engineers ⓘ training scientists ⓘ
fundingSource	endowment from Abbott Lawrence ⓘ
historicalRole	model for later American scientific and engineering schools ⓘ precursor to later engineering programs at Harvard ⓘ
inception	1847 ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
levelOfEducation	postsecondary ⓘ
locatedIn	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
namedAfter	Abbott Lawrence ⓘ
notableFaculty	Asa Gray ⓘ Benjamin Peirce ⓘ Eben Norton Horsford ⓘ Jeffries Wyman ⓘ Josiah Parsons Cooke ⓘ Louis Agassiz ⓘ
offeredDegreeType	professional degrees ⓘ scientific degrees ⓘ
parentOrganization	Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
partOf	Harvard University ⓘ
regionServed	New England ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
significance	one of the earliest American university-based scientific schools ⓘ played a key role in the early development of engineering education in the United States ⓘ played a key role in the early development of science education in the United States ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ⓘ surface form: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
typeOfInstitution	higher education institution ⓘ

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Abbott Lawrence → hasNamesake → Lawrence Scientific School ⓘ

Charles Sanders Peirce → educatedAt → Lawrence Scientific School ⓘ

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences → formerName → Lawrence Scientific School ⓘ

subject surface form: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

William Le Baron Jenney → educatedAt → Lawrence Scientific School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University