James Burrill Angell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Burrill Angell

American diplomat

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1829

Place of Birth: Scituate, Rhode Island, United States

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1916

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

James Burrill Angell (January 7, 1829 – April 1, 1916) was an American educator and diplomat.
He is best known for being the longest-serving president of the University of Michigan, from 1871 to 1909.
He represented the transition from small college life to nationally-oriented universities.
Under his energetic leadership, Michigan gained prominence as an elite public university.
Angell is often cited by school administrators for providing the vision that the university should provide "an uncommon education for the common man." Angell was also president of the University of Vermont from 1866 to 1871 and helped that small school recover from its financial difficulties brought on by the Civil War.
Throughout the war, he was the editor of The Providence Journal and was a consistent vocal supporter of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Angell served in diplomatic posts as America's minister to China from 1880 to 1881 and then to Turkey from 1897 to 1898.
On his mission to China, he was the primary American negotiator of the Angell Treaty of 1880 that curtailed the emigration of laborers to the United States, as well as a second treaty restricting the trade in opium.
In Turkey, he was responsible for the protection of American missionaries during the unrest following the massacre of Armenians.
Angell was a member of a prominent Yankee family in Rhode Island and numerous descendants became senior academics.