Word: scientist
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...distance between the college scientist's lecture room and laboratory, and the shop of the machinist, the joiner, the furniture maker, the stonecutter, is no longer remote. One of the highest college-bred men of the present time is Prof. Huxley, and one of the strongest advocates of college and university training for all whose opportunities and means will permit them to enjoy it. He counts himself, and actually is, pre-eminently a handicraftsman whose life is mainly spent in his workshop, and his writings and addresses are what he learns from his own work. As civilization generally has advanced...
Rogers, besides being college president and poet, was a preacher, physician, linguist and scientist ; a fair representative of the versatility required of college presidents in "ye olden time...
...students, as against an average for the whole university of one teacher to 9 scholars, (163 instructors, 1,428 students.) What is needed in these departments is an increase in the amount of instruction, instructors of learning and reputation, and courageous, fairminded discussion of topics of the day. The scientist or philosopher must not be allowed to lose sight of the fact that he is an American citizen...
Herbert Spencer, the English scientist, accompanied by Professor Marsh of Yale College, visited the Peabody Museum at New Haven, Conn., Saturday, and afterwards called on Professor Sumner...
Chas. Darwin, the well-known scientist, died yesterday at his home near Aspington, Eng., after a short illness...