George Edwin MacLean
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
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
- ^ a b 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.