George Edwin MacLean
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| Born | August 31, 1850 Rockville, Connecticut, US |
| Died | May 3, 1938 (aged 87) Washington, D.C., US |
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| Occupation | Educator |
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Clara S. Taylor (m. 1874) |
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George Edwin MacLean (August 31, 1850 – May 3, 1938) was an American college administrator who served as president of the University of Iowa and chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
Biography
[edit]George Edwin MacLean was born in Rockville, Connecticut, on August 31, 1850.[1]
He was an alumnus of Williams College (A.B. 1871, A.M. 1874, LL.D. 1895), Yale (B.D. 1874), and Leipzig (Ph.D. 1883). From 1884 to 1895 he was a professor of English language and literature at the University of Minnesota. From 1895 to 1899 he was the sixth chancellor of the University of Nebraska.[2] He became the eighth president of the University of Iowa in 1899 and served until 1911.[3]
He married Clara S. Taylor on May 20, 1874.[1]
MacLean died at his home in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 1938.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VIII. James T. White & Company. 1924. pp. 362–363. Retrieved January 24, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "MacLean, George Edwin". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. pp. 1139–1140.
- ↑ "MacLean, George Edwin", The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa
- ↑ "Dr. George Edwin MacLean". Chicago Tribune. May 5, 1938. p. 27. Retrieved January 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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