ID
0186
Nationality
American
Occupation
Teacher
Educational administrator
Summary
Hard of hearing; born in Sheffield, Massachusetts; graduated from Yale in 1828; taught at the American Institution for the Deaf, the University of Alabama, and the University of Mississippi; president of the University of Mississippi, 1856-61; president and chancellor of Columbia University, 1864-89. Barnard College is named for him.
References
Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences, p.26-29; Dictionary of American Biography, vol.1, p.619-21; American National Biography, vol.2 p.173-175; Silence of the Spheres, p.27-28.
Dates
5 May 1809-27 April 1889