The life of Daniel Coit Gilman
By: by Fabian Franklin, with three portraits.
Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company
Published: 1910
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
Subjects: Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908
Description: After graduating from Yale College, Gilman was attache at the American legation in St. Petersburg. Later he was librarian at Yale College, president of the University of California, first president of Johns Hopkins University, and president of the Carnegie Institution. He studied German universities to develop advanced instruction and research at Johns Hopkins. Gilman was involved in the promotion of scientific associations and helped develop the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Medical School.
Notes: Chapters one to three written respectively by William C. Gilman, Emily H. Whitney and Margaret D. Whitney, and William Carey Jones.