Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Charles William Eliot's books

Charles William Eliot’s Followers (83)

Charles William Eliot

Born

in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

March 20, 1834

Died

August 25, 1926

Genre

History, Nonfiction

edit data

Charles William Eliot was an American academic who was selected as Harvard's president in 1869. He transformed the provincial college into the preeminent American research university. Eliot served the longest term as president in the university's history. ...more

Combine Editions
Charles William Eliot’s books

Average rating: 3.94 · 14,552 ratings · 982 reviews · 490 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Complete Harvard Classics - ALL 71 Volumes: The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction: The Famous Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature by Charles William Eliot (Editor), Joseph Addison, Aeschylus 4.24 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 1722 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Harvard Classics - Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Journal of John Woolman, Fruits of Solitude by Charles William Eliot (Editor), Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman 3.94 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 1909 — 140 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvard Classics: The Complete Fiction by Charles William Eliot (Editor), Jane Austen, William Shakespeare really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 2011 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folklore and Fable: Aesop, Grimm, Andersen (Harvard Classics, #17) by Charles William Eliot (Editor), Aesop, Jacob Grimm 4.15 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1909 — 93 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories from The Thousand and One Nights by Charles William Eliot (Editor), Stanley Lane-Poole (Editor), Edward William Lane (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1909 — 165 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays, Civil and Moral; New Atlantis; Areopagitica; Tractate on Education; Religio Medici (Harvard Classics, #3) by Charles William Eliot (Editor), John Milton, Francis Bacon, Thomas Browne 3.92 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1909 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvard Classics: Five Foot Bookshelf 4.55 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1907 — 180 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvard Classics Volume 4: Complete poems written in English by Charles William Eliot (Editor), John Milton, Roy Pitchford (Editor) 4.06 avg rating — 93 ratings — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nine Greek Dramas (Harvard Classics, #8) by Charles William Eliot (Editor), Aeschylus, Aristophanes 4.07 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1909 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Poetry From Tennyson to Whitman: Part 42 Harvard Classics 4.14 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1909 — 100 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Charles William Eliot…

Quotes by Charles William Eliot (?)

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

tags: books, friends, reading, teachers

13938 likes

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles William Eliot

tags: book-lovers

25 likes

“If it seemeth to thee that thou knowest many things, and understandest them well, know also that there are many more things which thou knowest not.”
― Charles W. Eliot, The Complete Harvard Classics Collection

2 likes

See all Charles William Eliot's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Goodreads Librari...: wrongly merged books	6	28	May 03, 2017 12:39AM
Goodreads Librari...: Title corrections, edition, authors, and details	4	15	Jul 12, 2017 09:15PM
Goodreads Librari...: Please combine	978	215	Mar 29, 2020 04:00PM
Goodreads Librari...: Please combine editions II	998	537	Jun 29, 2020 02:33AM
Goodreads Librari...: Clean up VII	800	658	Jul 06, 2020 03:21PM
Goodreads Librari...: Combine editions	966	397	Jul 23, 2020 01:48PM
Goodreads Librari...: Clean up VI	1025	963	Feb 17, 2021 02:47PM

More…