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Caswell, Alexis, 1799-1877

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Personal name headingCaswell, Alexis, 1799-1877
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Birth date1799-01-29
Death date1877-01-08
Place of birthTaunton (Mass.)
Place of deathProvidence (R.I.)
AffiliationBrown University
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Profession or occupationEducators College teachers College presidents
Found inHis A brief memoir of John Barstow, of Providence, R.I., 1864: t.p. (Alexis Caswell)
Brown Univ. Historical catalogue, 1764-1904 (Caswell, Alexis, D.D.; prof. math & natural philosophy, 1828-50; prof. math & astronomy, 1850-63; d. 1877)
DAB (Caswell, Alexis; Brown Univ. president and scientist; b. 1/29/1799; d. 1/8/1877)
Wikipedia, March 26, 2020 (Alexis Caswell; born January 29, 1799 in Taunton, Mass.; died January 8, 1877 in Providence, RI; American educator, professor at Brown University; president of Brown University 1868-1872; one of the founders of the American Association for the Advancement of Science)