1829

James Burrill Angell (1829-1916), professor of modern languages at Brown and later president of the University of Michigan, was born in Scituate, Rhode Island, on January 7, 1829.Angell, James Burrill
When the medical program ended and its professors departed, President Francis Wayland, who had studied medicine, undertook to continue the courses by delivering lectures in natural history in 1828 and in anatomy and physiology in 1829-30.Biology
The Secretaries of the Corporation have been Thomas Eyres from 1764 to 1776; Thomas Arnold 1771 from 1776 to 1780; David Howell from 1780 to 1806; Samuel Eddy 1787 from 1806 to 1829; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1829 to 1837; Theron Metcalf 1805 from 1837 to 1843; William Giles Goddard 1812 from 1843 to 1846; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1846 to 1853; John Kingsbury 1826 from 1853 to 1874; Samuel Lunt Caldwell from 1875 to 1889; Thomas D. Anderson 1874 from 1890 to 1924; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 from 1924 to 1937; Albert L. Scott 1900 from 1937 to 1945; Fred B. Perkins ’19 from 1945 to 1963; John Nicholas Brown from 1963 to 1972; Alfred H. Joslin ’35 from 1972 to 1982; Ruth Burt Ekstrom ’53 from 1982 to 1988; and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. ’45 since 1988.Brown Corporation
The "Brunonian," the first student publication, appeared in July 1829.Brunonian
The "Literary Subaltern," noticing the "Brunonian" in its pages of July 17, 1829, said, "The work evinces talent, but it is evidently written by individuals who are unpracticed in the field of letters," and urged these writers not to become discouraged, but to practice their writing.Brunonian
The 1829-30 catalogue stated that the senior class "have used the treatise of Brande for a text-book," and the 1830-31 catalogue announced that the seniors had studied chemistry, among other subjects, under Professor Caswell, professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, using the treatise of Dr. Turner, and observing "experimental illustrations, twice or thrice a week, as the subject might demand."Chemistry
The Secretaries of the Corporation have been Thomas Eyres from 1764 to 1776; Thomas Arnold 1771 from 1776 to 1780; David Howell from 1780 to 1806; Samuel Eddy 1787 from 1806 to 1829; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1829 to 1837; Theron Metcalf 1805 from 1837 to 1843; William Giles Goddard 1812 from 1843 to 1846; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1846 to 1853; John Kingsbury 1826 from 1853 to 1874; Samuel Lunt Caldwell from 1875 to 1889; Thomas D. Anderson 1874 from 1890 to 1924; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 from 1924 to 1937; Albert L. Scott 1900 from 1937 to 1945; Fred B. Perkins ’19 from 1945 to 1963; John Nicholas Brown from 1963 to 1972; Alfred H. Joslin ’35 from 1972 to 1982; Ruth Burt Ekstrom ’53 from 1982 to 1988; and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. ’45 since 1988.Corporation
When it was raised again, it was placed on a base erected by the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association as a memorial to Samuel Gridley Howe 1821, who was surgeon-in-chief of the Greek fleet during the Greek War of Independence, 1820-1829.Flagpole
In 1829 William L. Marcy was appointed a justice of the New York Supreme Court.Marcy, William L.
In 1829 a gift of items from the Sandwich Islands, including paddles, dresses, and a carved wooden image, was deposited in the museum by Captain John Jennings.Museum of Natural History
Determined to have its own fraternal association of learned men, the College in 1797 formed the Federal Adelphi, an organization which flourished for over thirty years until President Francis Wayland presented another petition for a branch of Phi Beta Kappa in 1829.Phi Beta Kappa
Some encouragement was probably received, as Wayland followed in 1829 with applications to the Alphas of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire for a charter for Rhode Island Alpha.Phi Beta Kappa
In the 1829 catalogue the studies mentioned in the junior year were mechanics, pneumatics, hydrostatics, optics, and astronomy, to which a course in electricity and magnetism was added in 1831.Physics
Barnas Sears resigned in 1829 because of his health, and became professor of ancient languages at Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution.Sears, Barnas