Chapter 5Revitalizing Harvard College
Charles Eliot's legacy, though prodigious, was not without its critics at Harvard. Among them was Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Eliot's successor. Lowell, like Eliot, was born into a family of privilege and prominence with deep Harvard ties.1 A. Lawrence Lowell was a sixth-generation Harvard alumnus, having graduated with highest honors in mathematics from Harvard College and then from the law school.
Also like Eliot, Lowell was the beneficiary of special mentoring as a college student. His gift for math drew the attention of Benjamin Peirce, America's foremost mathematician. Lowell excelled under Peirce's tutelage, so much so that Peirce arranged to have Lowell's college honors thesis published by the American ...
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