Charles W. Eliot
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Charles W. Eliot was a prominent American academic and long-serving president of Harvard University who played a major role in modernizing higher education in the United States.
Aliases (2)
- Charles William Eliot ×2
- Abbott Lawrence Lowell ×1
Statements (46)
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| instanceOf |
academic
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human → university president → |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College
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| burialPlace |
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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| child |
Charles Eliot (landscape architect)
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1834-03-20
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| dateOfDeath |
1926-08-22
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| educatedAt |
Boston Latin School
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Harvard College → |
| employer |
Harvard University
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| endTime |
1909 (as president of Harvard University)
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| era |
19th-century American education
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Progressive Era education reforms → |
| familyName |
Eliot
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| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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higher education reform → |
| fullName |
Charles William Eliot
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| givenName |
Charles
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| honorificName |
Eliot House at Harvard University
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| influenced |
American higher education curriculum
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development of liberal arts education in the United States → |
| knownFor |
leadership in higher education reform in the United States
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longest-serving president of Harvard University → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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| notableAchievement |
advocated the elective system in college curricula
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expanded Harvard’s professional schools → influenced the development of the modern American university model → modernized Harvard University into a modern research university → |
| notableWork |
Harvard Classics
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The New Education (essays and addresses) → |
| occupation |
academic administrator
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chemist → educator → university president → |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Northeast Harbor, Maine, United States
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| positionHeld |
President of Harvard University
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| religion |
Unitarianism
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| residence |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| signatureWork |
selection and promotion of the Harvard Classics series
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| spouse |
Ellen Derby Peabody
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| startTime |
1869 (as president of Harvard University)
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Referenced by (4)
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Charles Eliot
("Charles William Eliot")
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father |
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American Cancer Society
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foundedBy |
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Charles W. Eliot
("Charles William Eliot")
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fullName |
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Lowell family
("Abbott Lawrence Lowell")
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