James Clarke Welling
James Clarke Welling (1825–1894) was the President of Columbian University, now called George Washington University, from 1871 to 1894.[1] He was a cofounder of the National Geographic Society.[2]
Welling was a professor at Princeton University when in 1871 he accepted the presidency of Columbian College.[3] He became the sixth president of the university.
References
- ^ Welling, James Clarke. At Historical Encyclopedia, George Washington University site
- ^ Cathy Hunter. James Clarke Welling: A Champion of Education in the Nation’s Capital. Posted July 26, 2012 at Newswatch, National Geographic Society web site.
- ^ Kayser, Elmer Louis. 1970. Bricks Without Straw: The Evolution of George Washington University. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. (Online at GWU's Gelman Library)
Other sources
- Life and Writings of James Clarke Welling
- Memorial of James Clarke Welling by A. B. Hagner, 1894, published by Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
- James Clarke Welling, published in The American Anthropologist