Paul A. Chadbourne

Paul Ansel Chadbourne
Paul A. Chadbourne, circa 1882
President of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst)
In office 1866 – 1867, 1882 – 1883
President of the University of Wisconsin (now the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
In office 1867–1870
President of Williams College
In office 1872–1881
Personal details
Born	May 8, 1824 North Berwick, Maine
Died	February 23, 1883(1883-02-23) (aged 59) New York, New York
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Sawyer Page
Alma mater	Williams College (B.A.), (LL.D.) Berkshire Medical School (M.D.) Amherst College (D.D.)
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Paul Ansel Chadbourne (October 21, 1823 – February 23, 1883) was an American educator and naturalist who served as President of University of Wisconsin from 1867 to 1870, and President of Williams College from 1872 until his resignation in 1881. ^[1] He was also the second President of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (later University of Massachusetts) in 1867 and again from 1882 until his death in 1883.

Born in North Berwick, Maine, Chadbourne was prepared at Philips Exeter Academy. He was graduated from Williams, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society, and became valedictorian in 1848 with Phi Beta Kappa honors. Chadbourne also obtained his M.D. degree from Berkshire Medical School but never practised medicine. He initially taught school in Freehold, New Jersey, then took a position at Williams, where he taught scientific subjects for fourteen years. Concurrently, he was also a professor at Bowdoin College, Maine Medical College and Berkshire Medical School. In 1865-66 he served as a State Senator of Massachusetts. Following years of pulmonary problems, he died in 1883.

The Paul A. Chadbourne House at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is named after him.

Selected works

• Lectures on Natural History (1860)
• The Influence of History on Individual and National Action; Annual Address before the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1868)
• Lectures on Natural Theology (1869)
• Inaugural Address (1872)
• Strength of Men and Stability of Nations; Baccalaureate Discourses, 1873-1877. (1877)

• Strength of the Inward Man (1873)
• Him That Overcometh (1874)
• The Law of Service (1875)
• The Tree by the Rivers of Water (1876)
• The Stability of Nations (1877)

• The Hope of the Righteous (1877)
• Instinct: Its Office in the Animal Kingdom, and Its Relation to the Higher Powers in Man (1883)

References

1. ^ Staff report (July 8, 1880). Dr. Paul A Chadbourne: Why He Resigns the Presidency of Williams College. New York Times

External links

• Paul A. Chadbourne papers via Williams College
• Biographical note via Williams College

Academic offices
Preceded by Henry F. French	President of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 1866-1867	Succeeded by William S. Clark
Preceded by John W. Sterling	President of the University of Wisconsin 1867-1870	Succeeded by John H. Twombly
Preceded by Mark Hopkins	President of Williams College 1872–1881	Succeeded by Franklin Carter

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Name	Chadbourne, Paul
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Date of birth	October 21, 1823
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Date of death	February 23, 1883
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Catogory:American naturalists