John Bascom

John Bascom was born in Genoa, New York, on May 1, 1827. He was a graduate of Williams College with the class of 1849, and held many scholarly and honorary degrees from that and other institutions of learning. He was professor of rhetoric at Williams College from 1855 to 1874, and was President of the University of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1887. He died in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on October 2, 1911. [ [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2117&keyword=bascom Bascom, John 1827 - 1911 ] ] [ [http://archives.library.wisc.edu/chancellors/chancellors.htm Presidents and Chancellors of the University of Wisconsin-Madison ] ]

He is the author of some thirty or forty books. He said in his biography the books cost him more money than he ever received from their publication. But he also included that he was glad to have written them and is only sorry that he could not have been of more service to his fellow men.

ee also

* List of Basques, famous people of Basque descent
* List of French Americans, famous people of French descent
* Famous people with Huguenot ancestry

Relatives of note

* Jedediah S. Smith, American explorer, mountain man
* Wolfe Tone, hero of Ireland
* Henry Bidleman Bascom, Congressional Chaplain 1824-26
* George N. Bascom, army officer of Apache Wars
* Jehiel Tone and I.E. Tone, founders of world's largest spice company
* Frederic S. Remington, western artist and sculptor
* Florence Bascom, America's first female geologist
* Fred Tone, automobile engineer/designer of American Underslung of 1911
* Bryant Butler Brooks, cowboy, rancher and Governor of Wyoming 1905-1911
* Earl W. Bascom, rodeo pioneer and cowboy artist/sculptor
* Willard Bascom, oceanographer
* Franchot Tone, actor

Books and Articles

* "An Appeal To Young Men On The Use Of Tobacco" (1850)
* "Philosophy Of Rhetoric" (1866)
* "Problems In Philosophy "(1885)
* "Science, Philosophy And Religion" (1871)
* "Education And The State" (1877)
* "Evolution And Religion" (1897)
* "Prohibition And Common Sense" (1885)
* "Social Theory" (1895)
* "Natural Theology" (1880)
* "The Science Of Mind" (1881)
* "The New Theology" (1891)
* "Ethics" (1879)
* "Aesthetics" (1871)
* "The Principles Of Psychology" (1869)
* "Comparative Psychology" (1878)
* "Philosophy Of English Literature" (1874)
* "The Lawyer And The Lawyer's Questions" (1882)
* "Sociology" (1887)
* "Address Before The YMCA Of The Mass Agricultural College" (1892)
* "An Historical Interpretation Of Philosophy" (1893)
* "The Goodness Of God" (1901)
* "The Remedies Of Trust"s (901)
* " [http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/WER0748.html Things Learned By Living] " (1913)
* "Sermons And Addresses" (1913)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.wisc.edu/ University of Wisconsin-Madison] home page
* [http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WIReader Wisconsin Electronic Reader]