Research topic: James Rowland Angell

James Rowland Angell 1869-1949, American educator and psychologist, b. Burlington, Vt., grad. Univ. of Michigan (B.A. 1890; M.A. 1891), M.A. Harvard, 1892; son of James B. Angell. After study abroad, he taught at the Univ. of Minnesota, then at the Univ. of Chicago (1894-1920), where he became professor and head of the psychology department (1905), dean of the university faculties (1911), and acting president (1918-19). He served as president of Yale from 1921 until his retirement in 1937; in his administration the physical facilities of Yale were greatly expanded. In 1937 he became educational... Read more