George Edwin MacLean | |
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Born |
Rockville, Connecticut | August 31, 1850
Died | May 3, 1938
Washington, D.C. | (aged 87)
Education | |
Occupation | Educator |
Spouse |
Clara S. Taylor (
m. 1874) |
Signature | |
George Edwin MacLean (August 31, 1850 – May 3, 1938) was the eighth President of the University of Iowa, serving from 1899 to 1911. [1]
George Edwin MacLean was born in Rockville, Connecticut, on August 31, 1850. [2]
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. [3]
He married Clara S. Taylor on May 20, 1874. [2]
MacLean died at his home in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 1938. [4]