Carl Barus (1856-1935), professor of physics and dean of the Graduate Department, was born in Cincinnati on February 19, 1856, the son of German immigrant parents who had met and married after coming to the United States.Barus, Carl
Charles Value Chapin (1856-1941), professor of physiology, was born in Providence on January 17, 1856.Chapin, Charles V.
Class Day was celebrated at Brown for the first time in 1856, although such a day had long been part of the life of other institutions.Class Day
The first Class Day was held on June 12, 1856, four weeks before the close of term.Class Day
Required courses in Greek ended in the sophomore year, but in 1856 an elective course in Greek was added in the junior year.Classics
Barnas Sears, who succeeded Wayland as president, noted in his annual report of 1856 that "the character & reputation of the University are injuriously affected by the low standard of scholarship required for the degrees of A.M. & A.B.... We are now literally receiving the refuse of other colleges.Curriculum
In 1856 the New System was abandoned and the professors’ salaries were set at $1,200.Faculty
There followed "The Introduction to the Study of English Grammar in 1856 and" "A Grammar of the English Language" in 1860, these two being part of a series which ended with the "Analysis."Greene, Samuel Stillman
Samuel Stillman Greene was a member of the school committee of Providence for eighteen years, president of the Rhode Island Institution of Instruction from 1856 to 1860, president of the National Teachers’ Association in 1864-65 and president of the American Institute of Instruction in 1869-70.Greene, Samuel Stillman
In 1830 Kingsbury was among the founding members of the American Institute of Instruction, of which he was later vice-president for many years and president in 1856 and 1857.Kingsbury, John
John Kingsbury was also president of the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction from its inception in 1845 until 1856.Kingsbury, John
Richard Olney attended Leicester Academy and graduated from Brown in 1856 and from Harvard Law School in 1858.Olney, Richard
After graduation from Brown in 1856, John Peirce worked for a short time for a drug and dye company until the depression of 1857 caused him to leave his work and travel to Europe for a year with the Padelfords.Peirce, John
Thomas A. Tefft dreamed of visiting Europe to observe its architecture, and in December 1856 sailed for England to begin his tour.Tefft, Thomas A.
The buildings were named for two Brown presidents and seven alumni, among them two Secretaries of State, three professors, a public health superintendent, and the man who led the Housing and Development campaign to finance the Quadrangle: Marcy House for William Learned Marcy 1808, Governor of New York, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State, Olney House for Richard Olney 1856, Attorney General and Secretary of State, Goddard House for William Giles Goddard1812, newspaper editor and professor of moral philosophy and belles-lettres, Diman House for Jeremiah Lewis Diman1851, professor of history and political economy, Sears House for Barnas Sears1825, president from 1855 to 1867, Wayland House for Francis Wayland, president from 1827 to 1855, Chapin House for Charles V. Chapin1876, professor of physiology, and superintendent of health in Providence, Harkness House for Albert Harkness1842, professor of Greek, and Buxton House for G. Edward Buxton ’02, chairman of the Housing and Development Campaign which built the Quadrangle.Wriston Quadrangle