Lowell, A. Lawrence 1856-1943

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Name (Latin)
Lowell, A. Lawrence 1856-1943
Name (Arabic)
لوول، آ. لورنس
Other forms of name
nna Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856-1943
Lovel, A. Lavrens, 1856-1943
Louėllʹ, A. L., 1856-1943
Lowell, Abott Lawrence, 1856-1943
Date of birth
1856-12-13
Date of death
1943-01-06
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 94177631
Wikidata: Q306766
Library of congress: n 50040391
OCoLC: oca00075583
Sources of Information
  • Essays on government, 1897:t.p. (A. Lawrence Lowell)
  • Governments and parties in continental Europe, 1896.
  • İngiltereʼnin hükûmeti, 1927:t.p. (A. Lavrens Lovel; A. Lavrence Lowell [in rom.])
  • His Governments and parties in continental Europe, 1896.
  • LC in OCLC, 10-19-88(hdg.: Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856-1943; usage: A. Lawrence Lowell)
  • His Essays on government, 1897:t.p. (A. Lawrence Lowell)
  • His İngiltereʾnin hükûmeti, 1927:t.p. (A. Lavrens Lovel; A. Lavrence Lowell [in rom.])
  • OCLC, July 3, 2002(hdgs.: Lowell, A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence), 1856-1943; Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856-1943; usage: A. Lawrence Lowell; Abbott Lawrence Lowell; A.L. Louėllʹ; Abott Lawrence Lowell; A. Lavrens Lovel)
  • انكلتره نك حكومتى، 1927:صفحة العنوان (آ. لورنس لوول)
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Wikipedia description:

Abbott Lawrence Lowell (December 13, 1856 – January 6, 1943) was an American educator and legal scholar. He was the president of Harvard University from 1909 to 1933. With an "aristocratic sense of mission and self-certainty," Lowell initiated significant reforms at Harvard. His years as president saw an expansion of the university in terms of the size of its physical infrastructure, its student body, and its endowment. His reform of undergraduate education established the system of majoring in a particular discipline that became the standard in American education. His progressive reputation in education derived principally from his insistence on integrating social classes at Harvard and preventing students of wealthy backgrounds from living apart from their less wealthy peers, a position for which he was sometimes termed "a traitor to his class." He also recognized the university's obligation to serve the surrounding community, particularly in making college courses available to and putting college degrees within the reach of local schoolteachers. He demonstrated outspoken support for academic freedom during World War I and played a prominent role in urging the public to support American participation in the League of Nations following the war. Yet his Harvard years saw two public disputes in which he argued for compromising basic principles of justice for the sake of his own personal vision of Harvard's mission with respect to assimilating non-traditional students. In one instance, he tried to limit Jewish enrollment to 15% of the student body. In the other, he tried to ban African-American students from living in the Freshman Halls when all of Harvard's new students were required to room there. In both cases the Harvard Board of Overseers insisted on the consistent application of liberal principles and overruled him.

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