PAUL ANSEL CHADBOURNE
\pˈɔːl ˈansə͡l t͡ʃˈadbɔːn], \pˈɔːl ˈansəl tʃˈadbɔːn], \p_ˈɔː_l ˈa_n_s_əl tʃ_ˈa_d_b_ɔː_n]\
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A distinguished American educator and miscellaneous writer; born at North Berwick, Me., Oct. 21, 1823; died in New York, Feb. 23, 1883. He was president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst (1867 and 1882); of the University of Wisconsin (1867-70); of Williams College (1872-81). He wrote: "Natural Theology" (1867); "Instinct in Animals and Men" (1872); etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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