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'''Charles William Dabney''' (June 19, 1855 &ndash; June 15, 1945) was [[President of the University of Tennessee]] and the [[University of Cincinnati]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.utk.edu/~mklein/dabney.html |title=Charles W. Dabney: Eleventh President, 1887-1904 |accessdate=2011-11-20 |quote= |publisher=[[University of Tennessee]] }}</ref>
[[File:Dabney-charles-by-branson.jpg|right|190px|thumb|Portrait of Dabney by [[Lloyd Branson]]]]
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'''Charles William Dabney Jr.''' (June 19, 1855 &ndash; June 15, 1945) was president of the [[University of Tennessee]] and the [[University of Cincinnati]]. In 1893–1896, he served as an assistant secretary at the [[United States Department of Agriculture]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
He was born on June 19, 1855 in [[Hampden-Sydney, Virginia]] to Robert Lewis Dabney and Lavinia Morrison. He completed his undergraduate education at [[Hampden-Sydney College]]. He then attended the [[University of Virginia]] and graduated with an [[M.S.]] in chemistry in 1877.
He was born on June 19, 1855, in [[Hampden-Sydney, Virginia]], to [[Robert Lewis Dabney]] and Lavinia Morrison. He completed his [[B.S.]] at [[Hampden-Sydney College]] at age 17. He then attended the [[University of Virginia]] and graduated with an [[M.S.]] in chemistry in 1877.<ref name=bio/>


He taught for a year at [[Emory and Henry College]]. He later enrolled in the [[University of Goettingen]], Germany in 1878 to continue his education. He graduated with his [[Ph.D.]] in 1880 and returned to the United States. Dabney married Mary Chilton Brent, and began working as the director of the [[Agricultural Experiment Station]] in [[North Carolina]].
He taught for a year at [[Emory and Henry College]] and then entered the [[University of Göttingen]] in Germany in 1878 and graduated with a [[Ph.D.]] in 1880. He returned to the United States where he married Mary Chilton Brent of [[Fayette County, Kentucky]], and they had three daughters. In 1880–1887, he worked as the director of the [[Agricultural Experiment Station]] in [[North Carolina]] and professor of chemistry at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]].<ref name="ncpedia">Maurice M. Bursey. [https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/dabney-charles-william Dabney, Charles William], Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.</ref>


He became president of the [[University of Tennessee]] in 1887. As president he added six new four-year courses in science, and admitted the University's first female students.
He became president of the [[University of Tennessee]] in 1887 and served in that capacity until 1904. As president, he added six new four-year courses in science, and admitted the university's first female students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.utk.edu/~utkhist/dabney.html |title=Charles W. Dabney: Eleventh President, 1887-1904 |accessdate=2011-11-20 |publisher=[[University of Tennessee]]}}</ref>


He became [[President of the University of Cincinnati]] on January 12, 1904 and served until 1920. In 1893 he was named to be Assistant [[Secretary of Agriculture]] by [[Grover Cleveland]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Dr. Charles W. Dabney Selected. To be the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70B1FFA3C5A1A738DDDAA0994DA415B8385F0D3 |quote=The President to-day sent to the Senate the name of Charles W. Dabney, Jr., of Tennessee to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Edwin Willits, resigned. Dr. Dabney is the President of the University of Tennessee. ... |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=December 11, 1893 |accessdate=2011-11-20 }}</ref>
He became president of the [[University of Cincinnati]] on January 12, 1904, and served until 1920. In 1893, he was named to be Assistant [[Secretary of Agriculture]] by [[Grover Cleveland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr. Charles W. Dabney Selected. To be the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1893/12/13/archives/dr-charles-w-dabney-selected-to-be-the-assistant-secretary-of.html |quote=The President to-day sent to the Senate the name of Charles W. Dabney, Jr., of Tennessee to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Edwin Willits, resigned. Dr. Dabney is the President of the University of Tennessee. ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 11, 1893 |accessdate=2011-11-20 }}</ref>


He died at [[Mission Hospital (Asheville, North Carolina)|Mission Hospital]] in Asheville, North Carolina on June 15, 1945.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=348 |title=The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: Charles W. Dabney |accessdate=2011-11-20 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97328325/private-rites-set-monday-for-dr/ |title=Private Rites Set Monday For Dr. Charles W. Dabney |newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Post]] |page=8 |date=1945-06-16 |access-date=2022-03-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
He died on June 15, 1945.

==Recognition==
Dabney received honorary doctorates from Yale, Johns Hopkins, Davidson, and Washington and Lee universities. He was elected a member of the [[Ordre des Palmes Académiques|Order of Academic Palms]] and the [[Legion of Honour]] in France. He directed the U.S. government exhibits at the [[Cotton and International Exposition|1895 Cotton States and International Exposition]] in Atlanta, Georgia, and the [[Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition|1897 Tennessee Centennial Exhibition]].<ref name="ncpedia"/>

Dabney Hall, home of the Department of Chemistry at [[North Carolina State University]], was named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://projects.ncsu.edu/facilities/buildings/dabney.html|title=Dabney Hall|website=projects.ncsu.edu|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref>


==References==
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==Further reading==
==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Charles William Dabney}}
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* University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
* The University of Cincinnati Record, Volume 1, No. 3, (Decemeber 1904 - January 1905).


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Portrait of Dabney by Lloyd Branson

Charles William Dabney Jr. (June 19, 1855 – June 15, 1945) was president of the University of Tennessee and the University of Cincinnati. In 1893–1896, he served as an assistant secretary at the United States Department of Agriculture.

Biography

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He was born on June 19, 1855, in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, to Robert Lewis Dabney and Lavinia Morrison. He completed his B.S. at Hampden-Sydney College at age 17. He then attended the University of Virginia and graduated with an M.S. in chemistry in 1877.[1]

He taught for a year at Emory and Henry College and then entered the University of Göttingen in Germany in 1878 and graduated with a Ph.D. in 1880. He returned to the United States where he married Mary Chilton Brent of Fayette County, Kentucky, and they had three daughters. In 1880–1887, he worked as the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station in North Carolina and professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina.[2]

He became president of the University of Tennessee in 1887 and served in that capacity until 1904. As president, he added six new four-year courses in science, and admitted the university's first female students.[3]

He became president of the University of Cincinnati on January 12, 1904, and served until 1920. In 1893, he was named to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture by Grover Cleveland.[4]

He died at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina on June 15, 1945.[1][5]

Recognition

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Dabney received honorary doctorates from Yale, Johns Hopkins, Davidson, and Washington and Lee universities. He was elected a member of the Order of Academic Palms and the Legion of Honour in France. He directed the U.S. government exhibits at the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, and the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exhibition.[2]

Dabney Hall, home of the Department of Chemistry at North Carolina State University, was named in his honor.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: Charles W. Dabney". Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Maurice M. Bursey. Dabney, Charles William, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.
  3. ^ "Charles W. Dabney: Eleventh President, 1887-1904". University of Tennessee. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  4. ^ "Dr. Charles W. Dabney Selected. To be the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture". The New York Times. December 11, 1893. Retrieved November 20, 2011. The President to-day sent to the Senate the name of Charles W. Dabney, Jr., of Tennessee to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Edwin Willits, resigned. Dr. Dabney is the President of the University of Tennessee. ...
  5. ^ "Private Rites Set Monday For Dr. Charles W. Dabney". The Cincinnati Post. June 16, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Dabney Hall". projects.ncsu.edu. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
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