The Alumnae Association began in 1900, when by invitation of the Class of 1899 of the Women’s College the first association of women graduates of Brown was formed and named the Andrews Association in honor of E. Benjamin Andrews.Alumnae Association
Frederick Slocum 1895 received the first Ph.D. in astronomy at Brown in 1898 and served as assistant professor of astronomy from 1899 to 1909.Astronomy
George W. Benedict received his master’s degree from Harvard in 1897 and his Ph.D., also from Harvard, in 1899, his dissertation being a study of Sir Kay, seneschal of King Arthur’s court.Benedict, George W.
Contributors who later pursued literary careers were editor Henry Robinson Palmer 1890, pageant writer William Chauncy Langdon 1892, editor and dramatist Albert Ellsworth Thomas 1894, professor and author Dallas Lore Sharp 1895, and newspaperman F. Severance Johnson 1899.Brown Magazine
The "Brunonian" merged with the "Brown Magazine" in 1899, retaining the name "Brunonian," and was from that time a literary monthly, leaving news reporting to the "Brown Daily Herald," which had begun in 1891.Brunonian
In 1899 the Cammarian Club came to the rescue in mediating the altercation which resulted after the local firemen arrived at a bonfire after the Princeton baseball game and had their hose destroyed by the students.Cammarian Club
The lower campus, transformed through the efforts of Professor Samuel Stillman Greene from swamp to ball field in the spring of 1880 and named Lincoln Field, was the site of athletic events until the advent of Andrews Field in 1899.Campus
After a leave of absence during which Benjamin Franklin Clarke traveled with his family through most of Europe and Egypt and Palestine, he served as president "ad interim" after the resignation of Andrews until President Faunce took office in 1899.Clarke, Benjamin Franklin
The first Ph.D. degree in Latin was earned in 1895 by Charles E. Dennis 1888, the first in Greek in 1899 by Frederick E. Whitaker 1888.Classics
’He earned a bachelor of philosophy degree in 1898 and a master of arts in 1899 at Brown.Clinton Harvey Currier
He became an instructor in mathematics at Brown in 1899, and was promoted to assistant professor in 1916 and associate professor in 1928.Clinton Harvey Currier
The Dean of the University was an office established by the Advisory and Executive Committee in December 1899 to relieve the president of routine and disciplinary work.Dean
Additions to the department in the early part of the twentieth century were Arthur H. Blanchard, who taught civil engineering from 1899 to 1910, Ansel Brooks, who taught mechanical drawing from 1903 to 1920, and Leighton T. Bohl, who taught civil engineering from 1913 to 1955.Engineering
Reuben Aldridge Guild (1822-1899), librarian of the University from 1848 to 1893, was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, on May 4, 1822, one of a family of eleven children.Guild, Reuben A.
He entered Brown in 1899, following the footsteps of his father, Judson W. Hastings 1876, who had not planned to go to college at all, but had been persuaded by his principal at Suffield Academy, who was E. Benjamin Andrews 1870, later president of Brown.Hastings, William T.
His two years of study at Harvard were the only time that William T. Hastings was away from Brown in the 53 years from his arrival as a student in 1899 until his retirement in 1952.Hastings, William T.
Albert Ford Hinrichs (1899-1978), professor of economics, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 20, 1899.Hinrichs, Albert F.
Wilfred Harold Munro 1870 was associate professor of history from 1891 to 1899 and professor of European history from 1899 to 1911.History
Members of the Brown team were Jesse Pevear 1899, Irving Hunt 1899, Charles Cooke 1899, Horace Day ’01, Harris Bucklin ’00, Robert Steere ’01, and Albert Barrows 1898.Hockey
In 1899 John Franklin Jameson delivered at Barnard College a series of lectures which were published as "The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement" in 1926.Jameson, John Franklin
Lida Shaw King studied at the American School of Archaeology in Athens as a Bryn Mawr Fellow in 1899 and again as the Agnes Hoppin Memorial Fellow in 1900.King, Lida Shaw
Chester Hugo Kirby (1899-1975), professor of history, was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on September 12, 1899.Kirby, Chester H.
Charles A. Kraus did work in physics at John Hopkins in 1899-1900 and at the University of Kansas in 1900-01, and became instructor in physics at the University of California in 1901, remaining until 1904.Kraus, Charles A.
Wilfred H. Munro was appointed the first director of University Extension in 1890-91, and, as he was traveling in Europe at the time of his appointment, he was able to study methods used in England before he initiated the extension program, which he continued to direct until 1899.Munro, Wilfred H.
William H. P. Faunce became president in 1899 and assumed the title of professor of moral and intellectual philosophy.Philosophy
Alexander Meiklejohn was instructor and assistant professor of philosophy from 1899 to 1902, and had the title of associate professor of logic and metaphysics from 1902 to 1912.Philosophy
The course in elementary law was taken over by Chester W. Barrows from 1899 until 1903, and then taught by William W. Moss until 1904, when the course, which had become a pre-law school course, was discontinued.Political Science
On the occasion of President Faunce’s inauguration five divisions made up the procession to the First Baptist Church on the afternoon of October 17, 1899.President
A year later it was already called the "old Presidential Mansion," when it was fixed up to provide temporary housing for students who had been displaced by the fire in Maxcy Hall on February 9, 1899.President’s House
Alonzo Wallace Quinn (1899-1977), professor of geology, was born in Halltown, Missouri, on May 28, 1899.Quinn, Alonzo W.
Roland G. D. Richardson taught at two schools in Nova Scotia, Margaretsville School in 1895-96 and 1898-99 and Westport High School from 1899 to 1902.Richardson, Roland G. D.
First came the classes of 1870 through 1899 in caps and gowns of white and brown, then the classes of 1900 through 1905 in the Puritan garb of the first settlers of Providence, followed by the classes of 1906 through 1908 as Quakers in gray.Sesquicentennial celebration
During his last European trip in 1899-90 Alonzo Williams went to Leipzig for what he termed "a little private work in Old Norse with Prof. Mogk," and wrote in the January 1901 "Brown Alumni Monthly," "I never put in four months sterner work, and I’ll never do it again, in vacation."Williams, Alonzo
On his departure from Providence, Winship was honored by his literary colleagues, Herbert O. Brigham 1899, Howard M. Chapin ’08, William Eaton Foster 1873, and Harry Lyman Koopman, at a dinner at the University Club.Winship, George Parker
Years later Mary Emma Woolley wrote an account of her coming to Brown as one of the first women students: She taught in the Biblical Literature Department at Wellesley College, beginning as instructor in 1895 and advancing to professor in 1899.Woolley, Mary Emma