Rev John Dubois (1764 - 1842)

Educator, Missionary. Born in Paris, France, he was an ordained Priest at the Oratorian Seminary of St-Magloire, when he came to America in 1791. In 1794, he became pastor of Frederick where he built the first church and ministered to Western Maryland. His career as an educator began in 1808, joining the Society of St-Sulpice […]

Rev Peter Paul Dobree (1970 - 1825)

Regius Professor of Greek, and close friend of Richard Porson (q.v.) (bio by: David Conway)

James Frank Dobie (1888 - 1964)

Writer, Educator. Born in Live Oak County, Texas, his ranching heritage became an early influence on his character and personality. His book “Vaguero of the Brush County” (1929), established him as a spokesman of Texas and southwestern culture. His many other writings included “Colorado’s Children” (1931), “Tales of the Mustang” (1936), “The Flavor of Texas” […]

Melvil Dewey (1851 - 1931)

Melvil Dewey is best known as the originator of the Dewey Decimal System. His name was originally Louis Kossuth, he later went by Melville Dewey, then shortened his first name to Melvil. He proposed a decimal-based cataloging system after working in his college library for some time. He was a founding member of the American […]

John Dewey (1859 - 1952)

Educator. Born in Burlington, Vermont, he was a psychologist, philosopher, educator, social critic and political activist. For over 50 years he was the voice for a liberal and progressive democracy that shaped the destiny of America and the world. As one of the 20th Century’s premier philosophers, he ranks with the greatest thinkers on the […]

Emile Deschanel (1819 - 1904)

Writer, politician and university professor.Exiled for eight years by Naopleon III because of his opposition to the Emperor’s regime. Father of Paul Deschanel.  Family links:  Children:  Paul Deschanel (1855 – 1922)* *Calculated relationship

Jennie Serepta Dean (1852 - 1913)

School Founder, Former Slave. Jennie Dean was freed from slavery due to the American  Civil War. After attending schools in Virginia and Washington DC, she worked as a  maid to help her family buy a farm in Prince William County, Virginia and also to pay for   one of her sisters to attend school. Around […]

Fernando Arturo de Merino (1833 - 1906)

Religious Politician. Born in Antonci, in the Croatian region of Istria, he was a Dominican Priest and orator of national life for higher education in Santo Domingo. In 1865, he became Propagator of the independence of the island of Santo Domingo and was appointed chairman of the House and President, serving 1880 to 1882. He […]

Augustine de Betancourt y Molina (1758 - 1824)

Engineer, Artist. Regarded by many historians to be the Spanish Leonardo da Vinci. He studied at the École des Ponts et Chaussées (School of Bridges and Roadways) in Paris and founded the Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos y Canales (School of Road and Canal Engineering) in Madrid and the Corps of Civil Engineering in St. […]

J. William Dawson (1820 - 1899)

Dawson was the greatest scientist in Canada in the 19th century. He was a geologist and paleontologist, the only person to be president of both the British and the American Associations for the Advancement of Science. He founded the Royal Society of Canada. He was one of the leading critics of Charles Darwin’s theory of […]

Djura Danicic (1825 - 1882)

Educator. A philologist, he was one of the most important researchers of the Serbo-Croatian language, as well as a defender of ideas of Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic and a great admirer of his work.. He served as the librarian of the National Library from 1856 to 1859, during which time he defined the acquisition policy according […]

Arthur William Currie (1875 - 1933)

Canadian Army Lieutenant General. Born in Strathroy, Canada, he joined the 5th Regiment, Canadian Garrison Artillery in 1894. Rising through the ranks to Lieutenant Colonel, he was offered command of the formed 50th Regiment, Gordon Highlanders in 1913. At the start of World War I, he was given command of a battalion in the first […]

Claudius Crozet (1789 - 1864)

Educator, Civil Engineer, Born in Villefranche, France, he was educated at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. In the Napoleonic Wars, he served as a Captain in the artillery, and was a prisoner in Russia for two years following the Moscow campaign. He traveled to the United States in 1816, and, with recommendation from the Marquis […]

Russell Herman Conwell (1843 - 1925)

Educator. He was the founder of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Temple University. Born in Worthington, Massachusetts in 1843, he began attending Yale in 1860, but enlisted in the Union Army in 1862 after the outbreak of the Civil War. He was commissioned as Captain and commander of Company F, 46th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which was an […]

Mattie Eliza Howard Coleman (1870 - 1942)

Missionary, Suffragist. Born in Tennessee, in 1870, she was one of the first African American women to become a physician graduating from Meharry Medical College. Active in religious rights and freedoms, she married R.J. Coleman, a CME minister in the Tennessee Conference in the early 1900s. She organized a women’s bible forum and was the […]

Mason Fitch Cogswell (1760 - 1830)

Educator. After his daughter lost her hearing at age 2, Dr. Cogswell began the process to start an educational facility for similarly handcapped people. After several years he and a group of a few others obtained state funds to send Thomas Gallaudet to Europe to study the English and French schools for the deaf. After […]

Laurent Marie Clerc (1785 - 1869)

Deaf Education Pioneer. He is remembered as the “Apostle of the Deaf in America” for his co-founding of the first school for the deaf in North America. He was born Louis Laurent Marie Clerc in the small village of La Balme, France where his father was the mayor. It is not clear if he was […]

Thomas Greene Clemson (1807 - 1888)

Philanthropist. Born in Philadelphia, he was educated at Alden Partridge’s Military Academy in Vermont and was further trained in agricultural at the Sorbonne Paris, France. Upon his return to the US, he co-authored significant legislation to promote agricultural education and engaged in farming in South Carolina in the 1830s. Thomas became active in the federal […]

Gen Henry Delamar Clayton (1827 - 1889)

Civil War Confederate Major General. When Civil War began, he was as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and was asked to recruit a volunteer regiment. He organized the 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment in March 1861 and was appointed Colonel. In 1862, he organized the 39th Alabama Regiment which led in the Kentucky […]

Laurence Chaderton (1970 - 1640)

First Master of Emmanuel College, at the request of its founder, Sir Walter Mildmay (q.v.). Live to the ageof 103. Buried in the chapel of the college, where this memorial window also features. (bio by: David Conway)

Harold Egbert Camping (1921 - 2013)

Religious Broadcaster and Teacher.  President of Family Stations, Inc., Oakland, California, he predicted and preached that the world would end in October 2011. His network radio stations are heard all across the U.S. and throughout the world via radio and internet. (bio by: Bernard Johnson)

Harry Clifton Byrd (1889 - 1970)

Curley Byrd graduated at the age of nineteen, from the Maryland Agricultural College, as the University of Maryland was then known, with a degree in civil engineering. He returned to his alma mater late in 1912 as an instructor in English, an assistant in physical culture, and football coach. Byrd rapidly climbed the administrative ranks […]

Selena Sloan Butler (1872 - 1964)

Educator. The co-founder of the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), in 1911 she founded the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers (NCCPT). President Herbert Hoover appointed her to the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection in 1929. During World War II, she organized the Red Cross’s first black women’s chapter of “Gray Ladies.” […]

Nicholas Murray Butler (1862 - 1947)

Educator, Nobel Prize Recipient. The President of Columbia University from 1902 until his death, he was awarded the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize with Jane Addams for their efforts in promoting peace through education. In the 1912 presidential election, Murray received the 8 electoral votes that were to go to Vice President James Sherman who had […]

Aaron Burr, Sr (1716 - 1757)

Educator and Founder of Princeton University. Born in Connecticut, he attended Yale College (now Yale University) where in 1735 he obtained his BA Degree in religious studies. Upon graduation, he became a Presbyterian Minister in Newark, New Jersey, where he also opened a school for classical studies, to earn extra money. In 1752, he married […]

Rev John Burnaby (1891 - 1978)

Dean of Tinity College, Regius Professor of Divinity (bio by: David Conway)

Adm Franklin Buchanan (1800 - 1874)

Civil War Confederate Navy Admiral. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, prior to the Civil War, he was a US Navy Captain, served as the first superintendent of the US Naval Academy and commanded the USS Susquehanna in the Perry Expedition to Japan. Believing that his home state of Maryland would be soon seceding from the Union, […]

Giordano Bruno (1970 - 1600)

Philosopher. For his theories, he was burned alive in Rome by the Inquisition. His ashes were scattered. (bio by: Cristian Italia)

William Montague Browne (1823 - 1883)

Civil War, CSA Brigadier General. He was born in City Mayo, Ireland, and was the son of the Right Honorable D. Geoffrey Browne, Member of Parliament. He was educated at Rugby and at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. He served in the Crimean War, then joined the British diplomatic service before moving to New York City […]

Viola Brown-Walker (1942 - 1993)

Received 1989 Newmast Award for accomplishments as a science educator. Taught for 28 Years.