Austin Scott (Rutgers)
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| Born |
Frank Austin Scott August 10, 1848 Toledo, Ohio |
| Died | August 15, 1922 (aged 74) Granville, Massachusetts |
| Education |
Yale College (A.B.) University of Michigan (M.A.) University of Berlin University of Leipzig (Ph.D.) |
| Employer | Rutgers College |
| Title | President of Rutgers University |
| Term | 1891-1906 |
| Predecessor | Merrill Edward Gates |
| Successor | William H. S. Demarest |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Prentiss Stearns |
| Parent(s) | Jeremiah Austin Scott Sarah Remey |
Austin Scott (August 10, 1848 – August 15, 1922) was the tenth President of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University), serving from 1891 to 1906.
Scott was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Jeremiah Austin Scott and Sarah Remey. His birth name was Frank Austin Scott, but he eventually dropped the use of his first name.
Scott received a baccalaureate degree from Yale College in 1869 and earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) from the University of Michigan in 1870.
Scott studied at the University of Berlin and the University of Leipzig, receiving a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Leipzig in 1873. While in Germany, he assisted the historian George Bancroft, then American minister to Germany, in preparing the tenth volume of History of the United States. He was also charged with the responsibility of carrying dispatches to Washington, DC, with the decisions of William I, German Emperor. On his return to the United States, Scott was a German instructor at the University of Michigan from 1873 to 1875, and then, for seven years, an associate in history at Johns Hopkins University. During this period he continued as assistant to Bancroft, assembling and arranging historical material for his History of the Constitution of the United States.
In 1882, Scott married Anna Prentiss Stearns and they had seven children.
In 1883, Scott was appointed to the faculty of Rutgers College as a Professor of History, Political Economy, and Constitutional Law, and was elected to succeed Merrill Edward Gates in 1891.
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