- 1866-1871: President of University of Vermont
- 1871-1909: 3rd President- University of Michigan
- 1880-1881: U.S. Minister to China
- 1897-1898: U.S. Minister to Turkey
President James Burrill Angell was born 7 January 1829 in Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States to Andrew Aldrich Angell (1802-1865) and Amy Aldrich (1807-1894) and died 1 April 1916 Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States of unspecified causes. He married Sarah Swope Caswell (1831-1903) 26 November 1855 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
Biography
James Burrill Angell was an American educator and diplomat. He is best known for being the longest-serving president of the University of Michigan, from 1871 to 1909. He represented the transition from small college life to nationally oriented universities. Under his energetic leadership, Michigan gained prominence as an elite public university.[1] Angell is often cited by school administrators for providing the vision that the university should provide "an uncommon education for the common man." Angell was also president of the University of Vermont from 1866 to 1871 and helped that small school recover from its financial difficulties brought on by the Civil War. Throughout the war, he was the editor of The Providence Journal and was a consistent vocal supporter of Abraham Lincoln.
Angell served in diplomatic posts as America's minister to China from 1880 to 1881 and then to the Ottoman Empire from 1897 to 1898. On his mission to China, he was the primary American negotiator of the Angell Treaty of 1880 that curtailed the emigration of laborers to the United States, as well as a second treaty restricting the trade in opium. In the Ottoman Empire, he was responsible for the protection of American missionaries during the unrest following the massacre of Armenians. Angell was a member of a prominent Yankee family in Rhode Island, and many of his descendants became senior academics.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Alexis Caswell Angell (1857-1932) | 26 April 1857 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States | 24 December 1932 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States | Francis Cary Cooley (1857-1934) |
Baby Boy Angell (1860-1860) | |||
Lois Thompson Angell (1863-1941) | 15 February 1863 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States | 5 May 1941 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States | Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin (1861-1947) |
James Rowland Angell (1869-1949) | 8 May 1869 Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States | 4 March 1949 Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States | Marion Isabel Watrous (1870-1931) Katharine Stuart Cramer (1890-1983) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
James Burrill Angell (1829-1916) | 7 January 1829 Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States | 1 April 1916 Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States | Sarah Swope Caswell (1831-1903) |
Elizabeth Angell (1831-1905) | |||
Charles Angell (1833-1900) | 7 May 1833 Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States | 25 May 1900 Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States | Harriet King (1836-1860) Mary Jane Hollingsworth (1845-1930) |
Elisha Matthewson Angell (1834-1836) | |||
Phebe Angell (1836-1838) | |||
Hannah Angell (1839-1921) | |||
Caroline Frances Angell (1842-1909) | |||
William T Angell (1848-1922) |
Residences
See Also
- James Angell
- Angell Family
- Angell in Providence County, Rhode Island
- Angell in Washtenaw County, Michigan
External Links
- wikipedia:en:James Burrill Angell
- Brown University biography of James B. Angell
- Digitized Selections from the James B. Angell Papers, 1845–1916 at the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
- University of Michigan biography of James B. Angell
- James Burrill Angell, Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/James-Burrill-Angell/6000000001384027281, retrieved 22 June 2023
Notable descendants and relatives
A number of James Angell's descendants and near relatives rose to prominence in their respective fields, largely also in academia:
- Son James Rowland Angell (1869-1949) was a noted psychologist and 14th president of Yale University.[2]
- Son Alexis Caswell Angell (1857-1932) was a Michigan Law School professor and U.S. District Judge.[3]. He married the daughter of Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898), a Michigan Supreme Court justice.
- Grandson Robert Cooley Angell (1899-1984) was chair of the sociology department at the University of Michigan and president of the American Sociological Association.[4]
- Nephew Frank Angell (1858-1939) was a psychologist at Cornell and Stanford universities.[5]
- Son-in-law Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin (1861-1947), married to Angell's daughter Lois (b. 1863[6]), was a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian.[7]
- Granddaughter Constance Green was also a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian.[8]
- Grandson James Angell MacLachlan (1891-1967) was a Harvard Law School professor.[9]
Honors and appointments
- Elected an associate fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1868.[10]
- Elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1890.[11]
- Served as president of the American Historical Association from 1892 to 1893.[12]
- Honorary Doctor of Law degrees from Brown University (1868), Columbia University (1887), Rutgers College (1896), Princeton University (1896), Yale University (1901), Johns Hopkins University (1902), University of Wisconsin (1904), University of Vermont (1904), Harvard University (1906), University of Michigan (1908), and Dartmouth College (1909).[13]
- Regent of the Smithsonian Institution from January 19, 1887, to January 15, 1912.[14]
- Awarded the First Class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure by Emperor Meiji in October 1909 for service to Japanese students.[15]
- Inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 2008.[16]
Sources
- Abrams, Leroy; Terman, Lewis M.; Swain, Robert E. (1939), Memorial Resolution: Frank Angell, Stanford Historical Society, https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:tn566qw6633/SC0193_MemorialResolution_AngellF.pdf, retrieved 2019-09-28
- Angell, Bill (1999), The Ancestors of Thomas Angell of Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island USGenWeb Project, http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/angell.html, retrieved 2007-08-07
- Angell, James B. (1912), The Reminiscences of James Burrill Angell, New York: Longmans, Green, https://books.google.com/books?id=-rAWAAAAIAAJ, retrieved 2007-08-14
- Angell School, https://www.a2schools.org/angell, retrieved 2018-10-17
- Arthur, Chester A. (1881a), Proclamation of October 5, 1881, http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_October_5%2C_1881, retrieved 2007-08-14
- Arthur, Chester A. (1881b), Proclamation of October 5, 1881 (Supplemental), http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_October_5%2C_1881_%28Supplemental%29, retrieved 2007-08-14
- Ascasibar, Javier; Colthorp, Constance; Ehrlich, Rosalie; Michelson, Alan; Pandos, Kimberly, Angell Hall Stylistic Features and Social Significance, University of Michigan Architecture Online, University of Michigan School of Information, http://www.si.umich.edu/umarch/bldgs/angell/index1.html, retrieved 2007-08-07
Succession Charts
Academic offices | ||
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Preceded by Joseph Torrey |
President of the University of Vermont 1866–1871 |
Succeeded by Matthew Henry Buckham |
Preceded by Erastus Otis Haven Henry S. Frieze (acting) |
3rd President of the University of Michigan 1871–1909 With: Henry S. Frieze (acting 1880–1882) Henry S. Frieze (acting 1887–1888) Harry Burns Hutchins (acting 1897–1898) |
Succeeded by Harry Burns Hutchins |
Diplomatic posts | ||
Preceded by George Seward |
U.S. Minister to China August 16, 1880 – October 4, 1881 |
Succeeded by John Russell Young |
Preceded by Alexander W. Terrell |
U.S. Minister to Turkey September 3, 1897 – August 13, 1898 |
Succeeded by Oscar S. Straus |
References
- ^ Millennium Project
- ^ Kelley 1999, p. 370
- ^ Bentley Historical Library n.d.-a
- ^ American Sociological Association 2005
- ^ Abrams, Terman & Swain 1939
- ^ Bentley Historical Library 2005
- ^ Hobbs 1916, p. 86
- ^ Scanlon & Cosner 1996, pp. 95–96
- ^ Harvard Law School Library 1979
- ^ AAAS 2018
- ^ AAS
- ^ American Historical Association n.d.
- ^ Pohl 1910
- ^ Science 1912
- ^ Cite error: Invalid
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- ^ Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame 2008