Charles William Eliot Quotes


You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world.


Citations

Eliot, Charles William. The Training for an Effective Life. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915.

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Charles William Eliot
Charles William Eliot
  • Born: March 20, 1834
  • Died: August 22, 1926
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Professor

Charles William Eliot was an American academic who was selected as Harvard's president in 1869. A member of the prominent Eliot family of Boston, he transformed the provincial college into the pre-eminent American research university. Eliot served until 1909, having the longest term as president in the university's history.