In the summer of 1863President Sears and Horace T. Love 1836 inspected the land, which was located in Kansas.Agricultural lands
Chace, who had been teaching natural philosophy and chemistry, was sent to Philadelphia to attend lectures, and in 1836 was appointed professor of chemistry, physiology, and geology.Biology
PresidentFrancis Wayland, who had been teaching a physiology course, sent Chace to Philadelphia to attend lectures, after which he was appointed professor of chemistry, physiology, and geology in 1836.Chace, George Ide
Alpha Delta Phi established a chapter in 1836, followed by Delta Phi in 1838 and Psi Upsilon in 1840.Fraternities
Alpha Delta Phi (Brunonian chapter) was established in 1836, the first fraternity at Brown and the only one until the appearance of Delta Phi two years later.Fraternities
In 1836 a committee of the Corporation was appointed to raise funds for a building for instruction in the sciences.Fund-raising
Geology was recognized as a separate study when George Ide Chace was appointed professor of chemistry, physiology, and geology in 1836.Geology
After graduation in 1836, Lincoln was at Columbian College (now George Washington University), first as a teacher in the preparatory school and then as a tutor in the college.Lincoln, John Larkin
Mount Marcy, 5,343 feet high, the highest peak in the Adirondacks and the highest mountain in New York State, was named in 1836 by Professor Ebenezer Emmons of the New York Geological Survey in honor of Marcy, when he was governor of New York.Marcy, William L.
Asa Messer (1769-1836), third president of Brown University, was born in Methuen, Massachusetts on May 31, 1769.Messer, Asa
The 1836-37 catalog announced that "Instruction in French, German and Hebrew is also furnished to those who desire it, at the expense of the student."Modern Languages
John Peirce (1836-1897), professor of chemistry, was born in Providence on August 16, 1836, after the death of his father.Peirce, John
Among the orators and poets have been Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1836, George William Curtis in 1854, Edward Everett Hale in 1885, and Woodrow Wilson in 1903.Phi Beta Kappa
At the Corporation meeting on September 8, 1836, a committee was appointed to "devise means for erecting a building for lecture rooms and rooms for the reception of geological and physiological specimens."Rhode Island Hall
Barnas Sears returned to teach for about a year at Hamilton before becoming professor of Christian theology at Newton Theological Institution in 1836.Sears, Barnas
The house at 66 Benefit Street belonged in 1836, and perhaps earlier, to John Slater, the son of Samuel Slater, builder of the first cotton mill in the country.Slater Memorial Homestead
Among the writings which made Wheaton famous were "Elements of International Law," published in 1836, "Enquiry into the Validity of the British Claim to a Right of Visitation and Search of American Vessels Suspected to be Engaged in the African Slave Trade" in 1842, and "History of the Law of Nations in Europe and America, from the Earliest Times to the Treaty of Washington" (a work which was first written in French for a competition of the French Institute, in which it won honorable mention) in 1845.Wheaton, Henry