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Charles William Eliot (March 20 1834 - August 22 1926) was an American educator and President of Harvard University (A university in Massachusetts) from 1869 to 1909.
Eliot also edited the Harvard Classics (additional info and facts about Harvard Classics), which together are colloquially known as his and which were intended at the time to suggest a foundation for learned discourse.
Eliot's son, Charles Eliot (additional info and facts about Charles Eliot) (November 1 1859-March 25 1897) was an important landscape architect, responsible for the public park system in Boston (State capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services).
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Charles William Eliot 1834–1926, American educator and president of Harvard, b.
Several notable reforms were introduced in the college: the elective system was extended, the curriculum was enriched through the addition of new courses, written examinations were required, the faculty was enlarged, and strict student discipline was relaxed in favor of flexible regulations.
Eliot also supported Elizabeth Cary Agassiz in her project to establish a women's college and then fostered the development of Radcliffe College, which was affiliated with Harvard.
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Charles William Eliot (March 20, 1834 - August 22, 1926) was selected as Harvard's president in 1869.
Charles Eliot was an educator and was the president of Harvard University for 40 years (1869 to 1909), a remarkable tenure.
Charles William Eliot (1834 - 1926) was an American educator and President of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909.
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Eliot also edited the Harvard Classics, which together are colloquially known as his Five Foot Shelf (http://www.bartleby.com/hc/) and which were intended at the time to suggest a foundation for learned discourse.
Lawrence Lowell, Lowell attempted to persuade the faculty to reinstitute explicit numerical quotas limiting the number of Jewish undergraduates accepted to Harvard.
November 1, 1859-March 25, 1897) was an important landscape architect, responsible for the public park system in Boston.
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 ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM (1834– ) - Online Information article about ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM (1834– )
WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. Ger.
Mass., 1894) ; and E. Kuhnemann, Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard (Boston,19o9).
firm of Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot, which was employed by the Metropolitan Commission.
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