Frank Austin Scott (August 10, 1848 – August 15, 1922) was the tenth president of

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(now

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), serving from 1891 to 1906.

Biography

Scott was born in

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, to Jeremiah Austin Scott and Sarah Remey. His birth name was Frank Austin Scott, but he eventually dropped the use of his first name. Scott received a baccalaureate degree from

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in 1869 and earned a

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(M.A.) from the

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in 1870. Scott studied at the

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and the

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, receiving a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Leipzig in 1873. After completing his studies in Germany, Scott taught at the

and at

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, as well as continuing work with historian

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that had begun during his time in Germany. He had worked with Bancroft in Germany on the tenth volume of his ''History of the United States'' and upon his return worked with him on his ''History of the United States Constitution''. According to historian Hugh Hawkins, Scott preferred teaching at Hopkins to his work with Bancroft. He wanted to become a full-time instructor at Hopkins, and offered to end all other obligations, but left Hopkins in 1882 after he was not granted full-time status. The reason he was not promoted may have had more to do with

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than Scott's own abilities. Adams possessed "unlimited ambition and great adroitness," and Adams gained a full-time appointment while Scott did not. Hugh Hawkins, ''Pioneer: A History of the Johns Hopkins University, 1874-1889''. Cornell University Press, 1960, pp. 171-172. In 1882, Scott married Anna Prentiss Stearns and they had seven children. In 1883, Scott was appointed to the faculty of

as a professor of history,

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, and

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, and was elected to succeed Merrill Edward Gates in 1891. During Scott's tenure at Rutgers, Robert Francis Ballantine (1836–1905), a wealthy brewer from

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and a college trustee, made a substantial contribution to be used for the construction of a gymnasium on the campus. To replace the overcrowded library in the

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, Ralph and Elizabeth Rodman Voorhees made a major donation in 1873 to be used to build a new library. After Scott resigned as president in 1906, he returned to the faculty, spending 16 years teaching

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and

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, in addition to assisting his successor, William H. S. Demarest, with administrative functions. Scott served as the mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey, from 1914 to 1915. He died in

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, in 1922 at his summer home. His widow died on January 23, 1933.

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