Charles William Eliot was an American academic, notable for his lengthy term as President of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. - AsNotedIn
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| 1834/03/20 | Charles W Eliot is born at 31 Beacon Street, Boston, on the site now occupied by the left wing of the Massachusetts State House. | Born | |||||
| 1849/00/00 | After attending the Boston Latin School at age ten, Eliot enters Harvard at the age of fifteen and will remain at the College as student, tutor and assistant professor for nine years. | Education | Harvard Yard | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1856/00/00 | Charles Eliot joins Harvard's Union Boat Club. | Sport | |||||
| 1858/04/00 | Charles W Eliot becomes engaged to Ellen Derby Peabody, the eldest daughter of Rev Ephraim Peabody, minister of King's Chapel, Boston. | Groom | Marriage of Ellen D Peabody and Charles W Eliot | ||||
| 1858/06/06 | Rowing in their underclothes, BC, captain of the Harvard crew team, and instructor Charles Eliot choose red handkerchiefs for Harvard crew so fans could identify them. Crimson eventually became the official Harvard color. | Harvard Crew | Charles River Basin Historic District | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1858/06/06 | Rowing in their underclothes, BC, captain of the Harvard crew team, and instructor Charles Eliot choose red handkerchiefs for Harvard crew so fans could identify them. Crimson eventually became the official Harvard color. | Harvard Crew | Charles River Basin Historic District | Boston | |||
| 1858/10/27 | Ellen Derby Peabody marries Charles William Eliot in Boston at Kings Chapel. | Groom | King's Chapel, Boston | Boston | |||
| 1858/10/27 | Ellen Derby Eliot marries Charles William Eliot in Boston at Kings Chapel. | Groom | King's Chapel, Boston | Boston | Marriage of Ellen D Peabody and Charles W Eliot | ||
| 1858/11/00 | Ellen and Charles Eliot move to a newly built house on Kirkland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Home | Charles W Eliot House | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1913/02/09 | Charles Eliot appears before the Judiciary Committee of the Maine legislature in opposition to a bill that would repeal the 1909 law that prohibited use of automobiles on Mt Desert Island, including Bar Harbor. | Advocate | Mount Desert | Maine | |||
| 1913/02/09 | Charles Eliot appears before the Judiciary Committee of the Maine legislature in opposition to a bill that would repeal the 1909 law that prohibited use of automobiles on Mt Desert Island, including Bar Harbor. | Advocate | Maine State House | Augusta, ME |
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