Daniel Coit Gilman

American educator and academic (1831–1908)

Daniel Coit Gilman (July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic. Gilman was instrumental in founding the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College, and subsequently served as the second president of the University of California, Berkeley, as the first president of Johns Hopkins University, and as founding president of the Carnegie Institution.²

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Born Jul 6, 1831, died Oct 13, 1908.¹