Schurman, Jacob Gould National Historic Person
Freetown, Prince Edward Island
Jacob Gould Schurman
(© German Federal Archive, Bild 102-09830)
Address :
Freetown, Prince Edward Island
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1943-05-20
Life Date:
1854 to 1942
Other Name(s):
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Schurman, Jacob Gould
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Educator, philosopher, president of Cornell University (1892-1921)
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Railway Station Freetown, Prince Edward Island
Born at Freetown, P.E.I., 22nd May, 1854.
Educated in the Maritime Provinces, the British Isles and Europe.
Professor in Acadia, 1880-2, Dalhousie, 1882-6, Cornell, 1886- 92; President of Cornell University, 1892-1921.
Author of several philosophical treatises.
President of the first United States Philippine Commission and joint-author of its report to Congress, 1900.
Minister to Greece and Montenegro, 1912; to China 1921-4; Ambassador to Germany, 1925-9.
Died in New York, 12th August, 1942.