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William Rainey Harper (July 24, 1856 – January 10, 1906) was an American academic leader, an accomplished semiticist, and Baptist clergyman. Harper helped to establish both the University of Chicago and Bradley University and served as the first president of both institutions. See more
Harper was born on July 24, 1856, in New Concord, Ohio, to parents of Irish-Scottish ancestry. Very early in his life, Harper displayed skills years ahead of other children of his age, and he was labeled a child prodigy. … See more
William Rainey Harper married Ella Paul Harper in 1875. They were the parents of three sons, Samuel Northrup, Paul, and Donald, and one daughter, Davida. See more
While at University of Chicago, Harper chaired a mayoral commission responsible for reorganizing Chicago Public Schools and standardizing the system's curriculum. Harper, being opposed to the employment of women as teachers (which had resulted from the reforms of See more
• Introductory Hebrew Method and Manual (1886)
• An Inductive Greek Method (1888) (co-written by William E. Waters)
• An Inductive Greek Primer (1893) (co-written by Clarence Castle) See moreIn 1891, John D. Rockefeller selected thirty-five-year-old Harper to assist in organizing the University of Chicago, and shortly thereafter, he was … See more
Harper died on January 10, 1906, of cancer at age 49. He and his wife are interred at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on campus at the University of Chicago.
William Rainey Harper College, a community college located in Palatine, Illinois, … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - People also ask
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