The New Student's Reference Work/Angell, James Burrill

Angell, James Burrill, LL. D., educator and diplomat, was born at Scituate,, January 27, 1829. A graduate of, he afterward traveled abroad and returned to take the professorship of modern languages at his alma mater. In 1866, he became president of the, and five years later exchanged the post for that of president of the , resigning the office in 1909. In 1880–81 he acted as United States minister to, and then he negotiated for the government some important treaties. For a year (1897–98) he was American minister to ; he has also served on international commissions, especially on those dealing with -American fisheries and deep water-ways.