Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White

by Andrew Dickson White

During the two or three years following my senatorial term, work in the founding and building of Cornell University was so engrossing that there was little time for any effort which could be called political. In the early spring of 1868 I went to Europe to examine institutions for scientific and technological instruction, and to secure professors and equipment, and during about six months I visited a great number of such schools, especially those in agriculture, mechanical, civil, and mining engineering and the like in England, France, Germany, and Italy; bought largely of books and apparatus, discussed the problems at issue with Europeans who seemed likely to know most about them, secured sundry professors, and returned in September just in time to take part in the opening of Cornell University and be inaugurated as its first president. Of all this I shall speak more in detail hereafter.

476 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1905

About the author

American educator and diplomat Andrew Dickson White founded Cornell University with Ezra Cornell and served as its first president from 1868 to 1885 and also served as ambassador of United States to Germany from 1897 to 1902.

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Reviews

[Avis Black · Rating 4 out of 5]

A huge slab of a book, this is nonetheless one of the better autobiographies I've read in some time. White had a long career in teaching, politics, and diplomacy, and he met many of the important characters of his day.