Charles W. Eliot

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academic human university president

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Charles William Eliot	8
Charles W. Eliot canonical	5
Abbott Lawrence Lowell	1
Harvard University president Charles William Eliot	1
President Charles W. Eliot	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic ⓘ human ⓘ university president ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College ⓘ
burialPlace	Mount Auburn Cemetery ⓘ surface form: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
child	Charles Eliot (landscape architect) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1834-03-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1926-08-22 ⓘ
educatedAt	Boston Latin School ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College
employer	Harvard University ⓘ
endTime	1909 (as president of Harvard University) ⓘ
era	19th-century American education ⓘ Progressive Era education reforms ⓘ
familyName	T. S. Eliot ⓘ surface form: Eliot
fieldOfWork	chemistry ⓘ higher education reform ⓘ
fullName	Charles W. Eliot self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Charles William Eliot
givenName	Charles ⓘ
honorificName	Eliot House at Harvard University ⓘ
influenced	American higher education curriculum ⓘ development of liberal arts education in the United States ⓘ
knownFor	leadership in higher education reform in the United States ⓘ longest-serving president of Harvard University ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
notableAchievement	advocated the elective system in college curricula ⓘ 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 ⓘ The New Education (essays and addresses) ⓘ
occupation	academic administrator ⓘ chemist ⓘ educator ⓘ university president ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath	Northeast Harbor, Maine, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	President of Harvard University ⓘ
religion	Unitarianism ⓘ
residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
signatureWork	selection and promotion of the Harvard Classics series ⓘ
spouse	Ellen Derby Peabody ⓘ
startTime	1869 (as president of Harvard University) ⓘ

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American Cancer Society → foundedBy → Charles W. Eliot ⓘ

Lowell family → hasNotableMember → Charles W. Eliot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abbott Lawrence Lowell

Charles W. Eliot → fullName → Charles W. Eliot self-linksurface differs ⓘ