1831

In 1831 Elisha Bartlett translated "Sketches of the Character and Writings of Eminent Living Surgeons and Physicians of Paris" from the French of J. L. H. Peisse.Bartlett, Elisha
It was a literary magazine, intended to be a monthly, but its appearances at longer intervals came to an end in March 1831 after only twelve issues.Brunonian
Burges was also a prominent member and long-time president of the Federal Adelphi, and on the occasion of the society’s last literary exercises in 1831 delivered an eloquent address.Burges, Tristam
Alexis Caswell was involved in the creation of the museum of natural history and the raising of the library fund of $25,000 in 1831.Caswell, Alexis
Beginning in 1831 Caswell made regular meteorological observations for Providence, and his "Meteorological Register; Providence, R.I." from 1831 to 1860 was published in volume 12 of "Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge."Caswell, Alexis
Benjamin Franklin Clarke (1831-1908), professor of mathematics and engineering, was born in Newport, Maine, on July 14, 1831.Clarke, Benjamin Franklin
Jeremiah Lewis Diman (1831-1881), professor of history and political economy, was born in Bristol on May 1, 1831.Diman, Jeremiah Lewis
"Old Citizen," writing in the "Providence Journal" on July 2, 1851, recalled the festivities on the day after Commencement: In 1831 Tristam Burges 1796, resigning after many years as president of the Federal Adelphi, delivered an eloquent address.Federal Adelphi
After President Francis Wayland complained of the inadequacy of the library, the Corporation in 1831 undertook a bold plan to raise $25,000 for the purchase of books and scientific apparatus.Fund-raising
After graduating from Brown in 1831, Gammell was principal of an academy in South Reading, Massachusetts, for a year before he returned to Brown as a tutor.Gammell, William
Horatio B. Hackett graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, and Amherst College, where he was a tutor in 1831-32.Hackett, Horatio B.
In 1831 Samuel Gridley Howe returned to the United States and was engaged to head the New England Institution for the Education of the Blind which had been chartered two years earlier.Howe, Samuel Gridley
Charles C. Jewett studied at the Latin School in Salem, Massachusetts, and entered Dartmouth College in 1831.Jewett, Charles C.
Alexis Caswell had begun these records in 1831 and kept them for 45 years.Ladd Observatory
William L. Marcy was elected to the United States Senate in 1831 and served until his resignation in 1833 to take office as Governor, just long enough to make another quotable faux pas.Marcy, William L.
After the death of his wife in 1825, Usher Parsons boarded with McClellan until 1831.Parsons, Usher
At the first literary exercises held in 1831, Francis Wayland was the orator and Samuel Deane was the poet.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
The elder Wayland described his success in "A Case of Conviction," signed "A Plain Man," in "The American Baptist Magazine" for October 1831.Wayland, Francis
This contribution was duly noticed in the "Literary Subaltern" on December 1, 1831 in an article entitled "Analogy of Brutality," reminiscent of Wayland’s recent address, "A Discourse on the Philosophy of Analogy," before the new Phi Beta Kappa society.Wayland, Francis
In 1831 Woods accepted the presidency of the University of Alabama.Woods, Alva