Agricultural lands were awarded to Brown as a result of the Morrill Act passed by Congress in July 1862, giving land scrip to states and territories which established a college or department of agriculture and the mechanic arts, at which some students would be educated at the rate of $100 a year to the extent of the annual income from the sale of the lands.Agricultural lands
Walter Cochrane Bronson (1862-1928), professor of English and author of "The History of Brown University, 1764-1914," was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on August 17, 1862.Bronson, Walter C.
In 1863 the University also created a committee of public lands to be responsible for the agricultural lands assigned to the University as a result of the Morrill Act in 1862.Brown Corporation
Brown men who were college presidents in foreign countries are Josiah Nelson Cushing 1862 of the Baptist College in Rangoon, Albert Arnold Bennett 1872 of the Baptist Theological Seminary of Japan, Wilbur Brown Parshley 1886 of Yokohama Theological Seminary, and Francois Jacobus de Villiers of Dower College, South Africa.College and University Presidents
In 1863 the University also created a committee of public lands to be responsible for the agricultural lands assigned to the University as a result of the Morrill Act in 1862.Corporation
An earlier brief encounter had taken place in 1862, when the Brown "Paper "announced, "We are glad to record the appearance among us of a new game ...Cricket
After that John D’Wolf engaged in farming near Bristol, and in his later years moved back into the town and died there on February 23, 1862.D’Wolf, John
The sport, banned by President Sears in 1862, became very popular with all the classes when it was reinstated in 1866, and then reverted to its former status as a freshman-sophomore encounter.Football
Charles Evans Hughes, (1862-1948), Secretary of State and the only Brown man to run for President of the United States, was born in Glens Falls, New York on April 11, 1862, the son of Reverend David C. Hughes, a Baptist clergyman who was born in Wales.Hughes, Charles Evans 1881
Four sons and a stepson came to Brown University; Adoniram Brown Judson 1859, a physician, Elnathan Judson 1859, a journalist, Edward Judson 1862, a Baptist clergyman, Henry Hall Judson 1864, who left Brown for Williams College, and George Dana Boardman 1852, a Baptist minister.Judson, Adoniram
In 1881 Rev. Josiah Nelson Cushing 1862 presented a collection of the sacred writings of the Buddhists written in the Pali language on palm leaves.Library
Charles W. Parsons was a respected physician, one of the original members of the Providence Medical Association and from 1860 to 1862 president of the Rhode Island Medical Association.Parsons, Charles W.
In 1862 John Peirce was appointed assistant professor of chemistry applied to the arts at Brown and was promoted to professor in 1863.Peirce, John
The crew consisted of Adoniram Brown Judson 1859, Elnathan Judson 1859, Edward H. Sears 1862, Charles H. Perry 1859, Charles D. Cady 1861, and Pardon S. Jastram 1860.Rowing
The old Rogers Hall, which was built as the chemical laboratory in 1862, became a large entrance lobby connected to the new building which houses a main auditorium for 576 persons on the first level, and below another auditorium for 220.Salomon Center for Teaching
Louis Franklin Snow (1862-1934), first dean of the Women’s College, was born in Providence on April 19, 1862.Snow, Louis F.
Lester turned to teaching school and studied at Susquehanna Collegiate Institute at Towanda from January 1861 to June 1862.Ward, Lester F.
Lester F. Ward enlisted in the Union army in August 1862, only a few days after his secret marriage to Elisabeth Vought.Ward, Lester F.