Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1835

  • The wall around the farm was built in 1835.Aldrich-Dexter Field
  • Zachariah Allen founded the Manufacturers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company in 1835, introducing his system of basing premiums on the effectiveness of safety equipment.Allen, Zachariah
  • Elisha Bartlett's other career was as a medical writer with the "Monthly Journal of Medical Literature and American Student’s Gazette" (of which there were only three issues), and "Medical Magazine" from 1832 to 1835.Bartlett, Elisha
  • James R. Boise studied at a school in Hamilton, New York, and entered Brown in 1835.Boise, James R.
  • Romeo Elton was professor of Latin and Greek languages and literature from 1825 to 1843, with Horatio Balch Hackett as adjunct professor from 1835 to 1838.Classics
  • Justin Rolph Loomis 1835 was president of the University at Lewisburg (Bucknell University).College and University Presidents
  • In 1832 Commencement was again held in the First Congregational Church while the Meeting House was being repaired The Commencement of 1835 was poorly attended, as twenty-one members of the class, protesting the distribution of the speaking "parts," refused to receive their diplomas, leaving only three graduates.Commencement
  • William Gammell, assistant professor of belles lettres from 1835, was named professor of rhetoric in 1837.English
  • After 1835 the meetings of the Federal Adelphi ceased.Federal Adelphi
  • William Gammell became assistant professor of belles-lettres in 1835 and professor of rhetoric in 1837.Gammell, William
  • Greene wrote, beginning in 1835, a number of essays on Italian literature and history for the "North American Review."Greene, George W.
  • Horatio B. Hackett was appointed adjunct professor of Latin and Greek at Brown in 1835, and was professor of Hebrew and classical literature from 1837 to 1839.Hackett, Horatio B.
  • In his sophomore year Charles C. Jewett transferred to Brown, and with other members of the "conscientious class" of 1835, declined to receive his degree in that year, because of the method of distribution of Commencement parts.Jewett, Charles C.
  • In 1835 Judson completed his translation of the Bible into Burmese, and he married Sarah Hall Boardman, widow of missionary George Dana Boardman.Judson, Adoniram
  • The author of "Old Grimes’ was Albert Gorton Greene 1820, whose collection was on his death purchased by Caleb Fiske Harris 1838, and on the death of Harris purchased by Henry Bowen Anthony 1835.Library
  • At the dedication of the building on February 4, 1835, President Wayland delivered a discourse on the "Dependence of Science upon Revealed Religion."Manning Hall
  • Charles Coffin Jewett 1835 was professor of modern languages until 1848.Modern Languages
  • Richard Olney (1835-1917), United States Attorney General and Secretary of State, was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, on September 15, 1835.Olney, Richard
  • Ezekiel Gilman Robinson studied at academies in Wrentham, Massachusetts, in Pawtucket, and in New Hampton, New Hampshire, and entered Brown in the sophomore year in 1835.Robinson, Ezekiel Gilman
  • Barnas Sears was appointed professor of biblical theology, for which he prepared himself by study in Germany from 1833 to 1835.Sears, Barnas
  • In 1835 twenty-one members of the graduating class refused to accept their diplomas.Student protests
  • In their sophomore year 27 of the class of 1835 had signed a resolution stating that "we will use our respectful endeavors to persuade the honorable Authorities of B. U. to omit in our case the giving out of parts founded on a consideration of schollarship (sic) – but that, should we thus fail to persuade the honorable authorities, we will respectfully refuse to accept those parts."Student protests
  • In January 1835 three members of the class sought the permission of President Wayland to petition the Faculty on the subject of distribution of parts.Student protests
  • At Brown Tefft became acquainted with the librarian and professor of modern languages, Charles Coffin Jewett 1835, who had traveled in Europe and visited libraries, and was able to aid him in his design of library buildings, including Lawrence Hall at Williams College and the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester.Tefft, Thomas A.
  • "The Elements of Moral Science" was first published in 1835, "The Elements of Political Economy" in 1837, and "The Elements of Intellectual Philosophy" in 1854.Wayland, Francis
  • In 1835 Henry Wheaton was appointed chargé d’affaires at Berlin and two years later was promoted to envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Prussia.Wheaton, Henry