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Sign: Ann Arbor - University of Michigan - Memorial plaque for James Burrill Angell

Address:
530 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
Ann Arbor, ME For all manhole covers in Ann Arbor, ME
Country:
USA For all manhole covers in USA
Shape:
Other
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Wall or fence


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On the sign:
JAMES BURRILL ANGELL

BORN SCITUATE RHODE ISLAND JANUARY 7 1829
GRADUATED BROWN UNIVERSITY 1849
PROFESSOR MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES BROWN UNIVERSITY-1853 TO 1860
EDITOR PROVIDENCE JOURNAL 1860 ΤΟ 1866
PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FROM 1866 TO 1871
PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FROM 1871 TO 1909
UNITED STATES MINISTER TO CHINA 1880 AND 1881
MEMBER INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON CANADIAN FISHERIES 1887
CHAIRMAN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON DEEP WATER-WAY’S 1896
UNITED STATES MINISTER TO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1897 AND 1898
DIED ANN ARBOR APRIL 1 1916
Photography:
2025
Ariel Rubinstein
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Comments:
The plaque commemorates James Burrill Angell (1829-1916) who was president of the University of Michigan from 1871-1909 (the longest tenure for a president).
He was also a statesman, serving as the United States ambassador to China and later to the Ottoman Empire.


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