Charles
William
Eliot
Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Atkins Eliot
and Mary (Lyman) Eliot
Brother of
Catherine A. Eliot and Frances Ann (Eliot) Foote
Husband of
Ellen Derby Peabody
— married
27 Oct 1858 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Descendants 
Died
at age 92
in Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Mar 2011
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Biography
President of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909. After studying the education system in Europe for 2 years, he instituted reforms at Harvard, transforming it from classical provincial college to a research-oriented curriculum to meet the needs of the industrial age, creating the professional powerhouse that it is known as today.
He summered on Mount Desert Island, Maine, and was a key figure in the creation of Acadia National Park. He died on the island in Northeast Harbour, Maine in 1926. He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
His honors include:
- 1857 Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1903 Officer, Legion of Honor (France)
- 1908 Grand Officer, Order of the Crown of Italy
- 1909 Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class; Royal Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown, 1st class; Fellow Royal Society of Literature (England)
- 1915 Gold Medal / American Academy of Arts and Letters[44][45][46]
- 1919 Order of the Crown of Belgium
- 1923 Grand Cordon of the Order of St. Sava (Serbia)
- 1924 Roosevelt Medal for Distinguished Service; Commander of the Legion of Honor (France)
- 1940 3-cent postage stamp issued in his honor
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Jesse Elliott
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Categories: Boston, Massachusetts | Harvard University Faculty | Boston Latin School | Harvard College | Northeast Harbor, Maine | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Officiers de la Légion d'honneur | Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine della Corona d'Italia | Order of the Rising Sun | Royal Society of Literature | American Academy of Arts and Letters | Order of the Crown (Belgium) | Order of St Sava | Commandeurs de la Légion d'honneur | Persons Appearing on US Postage Stamps
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