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Charles Adams (priest)
Charles or Charlie Adams may refer to: Academics * Charles Kendall Adams (1835–1902), American educator and historian * Charles Joseph Adams (1924–2011), American educator and academic * Charles P. Adams (college president) (1873–1961), founding president of Grambling State University Arts and entertainment * Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), English pioneer detective novelist, lawyer and anti-vivisectionist * Charles Follen Adams (1842–1918), American poet * Charles Partridge Adams (1858–1942), American landscape artist * Charles James Adams (1859–1931), English landscape artist * Charles Kingsley Adams (1899–1971), British civil servant; National Portrait Gallery director * Charles R. Adams (1834–1900), American opera singer * Charles Adams (1869–1937), pseudonym for Charles A. Prince, celesta soloist * Charlie Adams (drummer) (born 1954), American drummer Military * Charles W. Adams (Confederate general) (1817–1878), Confederate States Army officer; grandf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Kendall Adams
Charles Kendall Adams (January 24, 1835 – July 26, 1902) was an American educator and historian. He served as the second president of Cornell University from 1885 until 1892, and as president of the University of Wisconsin from 1892 until 1901. At Cornell he established a new law school, built a library, and appointed eminent research professors for the Ivy League school. At Wisconsin, he negotiated ever-increasing appropriations from the state legislature, especially for new buildings such as the library. He was the editor-in-chief of Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia (1892–1895), and of the successor Universal Cyclopaedia (1900), sometimes referred to as Appleton's Universal Cyclopaedia. Biography He was born on January 24, 1835, in Derby, Vermont, and he attended the common schools in that place till 1855, when, with his parents, he emigrated to Denmark, Iowa, where he entered an academy and commenced the study of Latin and Greek with the purpose of entering college. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |