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Jacob Gould Schurman (1854–1942)

Schurman, Jacob Gould. An American educator; born in Freetown, Prince Edward’s Island, May 22, 1854; died in 1942. He became professor of philosophy at Cornell University, and was president, 1892–1920. He published: ‘Kantian Ethics’ (1881); ‘The Ethical Import of Darwinism’ (1887), and ‘Agnosticism and Religion’; ‘Philippine Affairs’ (1902); and contributed to many reviews, essays on important subjects.