Andrew Dickson White in 1885

Andrew Dickson White (November 7, 1832 – November 4, 1918) was a U.S. diplomat, author, and educator, most known as the co-founder of Cornell University. Image File history File links In 1885, Andrew Dickson White retired from his post as the first president of Cornell University. ... Image File history File links In 1885, Andrew Dickson White retired from his post as the first president of Cornell University. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... This is about the university. ...

White was born in Homer, New York and educated at Yale University. At Yale, he was a classmate of Daniel Coit Gilman, who would later serve as first president of Johns Hopkins University. The two were members of the Skull and Bones secret society, and would remain close friends. He was also a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity, serving as editor of the fraternity publication, The Tomahawk. Homer is a town located in Cortland County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 6,363. ... Yale redirects here. ... Daniel Coit Gilman Daniel Coit Gilman (1831-1908) was an American educator. ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... Emblem of the Skull and Bones society Skull and Bones is one of the secret societies based at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut. ... Alpha Sigma Phi (ΑΣΦ, commonly abbreviated to Alpha Sig) is a social fraternity with 68 active chapters, colonies, and interest groups. ...

Andrew Dickison White's mansion

After graduating from Yale in 1853, White spent three years studying in Europe before returning to the United States as a professor of history and English literature at the University of Michigan. World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... This article is about the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ...

In 1865, White and Western Union tycoon Ezra Cornell founded Cornell University on Cornell's estate in Ithaca, New York. White became the school's first president, and his farsighted leadership set the university on the path to becoming an elite educational institution, with particular excellence in agricultural research and engineering. The Western Union Logo Western Union is a financial services and communications company based in the United States and owned by First Data Corporation. ... Ezra Cornell, co-founder of Cornell University Ezra Cornell (January 11, 1807 – December 9, 1874) was an American businessman and, with Andrew Dickson White, was the founder of Cornell University. ... This is about the university. ... The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca in Homers Odyssey) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York State. ... Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ...

After 14 years at Cornell, White resigned to serve as the U.S. Minister to first Germany (1879-1881) and later Russia (1892-1894), and as the first U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1897-1902).

While serving in Russia, White—a noted bibliophile—made the acquaintance of author Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy's fascination with Mormonism sparked a similar interest in White, who had previously regarded the Latter-Day Saints (LDS) as a dangerous, deviant cult. Upon his return to the United States, White took advantage of Cornell's proximity to the original Mormon heartland near Rochester to amass a collection of LDS memorabilia (including many original copies of the Book of Mormon) unmatched by any other institution save the church itself and its university, Brigham Young University. Bibliophilia is the love of books; a bibliophile is a lover of books. ... Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: , Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoj), commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910, N.S.; August 28, 1828 – November 7, 1910, O.S.) was a Russian novelist, philosopher, Christian anarchist, pacifist, educational reformer, vegetarian, moral thinker and an influential member of... The term Mormon is a colloquial name, most-often used to refer to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ... In religion and sociology, a cult is a cohesive group of people (often a relatively small and recently founded religious movement) devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be far outside the mainstream. ... Nickname: The Flour City, The Flower City, The Worlds Image Center Motto: Rochester: Made for Living Official website: www. ... The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ (softcover missionary edition) The Book of Mormon is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint movement, named after the prophet Mormon from the book. ... Brigham Young University, often referred to as BYU or, incorrectly, as BYU-Provo, is the flagship university of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ...

In 1891, Leland and Jane Stanford asked White to serve as the first president of the university they had founded in Palo Alto, CA. Although he refused their offer, he did recommend his former student David Starr Jordan. David Starr Jordan David Starr Jordan, Ph. ...

White died in Ithaca and was interred in Sage Chapel at Cornell.

Contribution to the conflict thesis

At the time of Cornell's founding, White announced that it would be "an asylum for Science—where truth shall be sought for truth's sake, not stretched or cut exactly to fit Revealed Religion" (Lindberg and Numbers 1986, pp. 2-3). Up to that time, American universities were exclusively religious institutions, and generally focused on the liberal arts and religious training (though they were not explicitly antagonistic to science). In 1869 White gave a lecture on "The Battle-Fields of Science", arguing that history showed the negative outcomes resulting from any attempt on the part of religion to interfere with the progress of science. Over the next 30 years he refined his analysis, expanding his case studies to include nearly every field of science over the entire history of Christianity, but also narrowing his target from "religion" through "ecclesiasticism" to "dogmatic theology." The final result was the two-volume History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896). Initially less popular than John William Draper's History of the Conflict between Religion and Science (1874), White's book became an extremely influential text on the relationship between religion and science. The premise of the book—known as the conflict thesis—was very prevalent among historians through the 1960s. Since the 70s and 80s, many historians of science have reevaluated the history of science and religion, finding little evidence for White's claims of widespread conflict; instead, they often blame White for perpetuating a number of scientific myths, such as the idea that Christopher Columbus had to overcome widespread belief in a flat earth. In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... For the periodical, see Science (journal) Science in the broadest sense refers to any knowledge or trained skill, especially (but not exclusively) when this is attained by verifiable means. ... John William Draper (1811 - 1882), U.S. (English-born) chemist was a historian & photographer. ... The relationship between science and religion takes many forms. ... Galileo before the Holy Office by Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, a classic depiction of science clashing with religion The conflict thesis, also known as the warfare thesis, the warfare model or the Draper-White thesis, is an interpretive model of the relationship between religion and science. ... There are many stories that inform our understanding of the history of science and technology. ... Christopher Columbus (c. ... The notion of a flat Earth refers to the idea that the inhabited surface of Earth is flat, rather than curved (see Spherical Earth). ...

Bibliography

Works by White

• Outlines of a Course of Lectures on History (1861)
• Syllabus of Lectures on Modern History (1876)
• A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, 2 vols. (1896), online at History Of The Warfare Of Science With Theology In Christendom
• Seven Great Statesmen in the Warfare of Humanity with Unreason (1910)
• The Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White (1911), online at Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White: Vol. 1, Vol. 2

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Works about White

• Altschuler, Glenn C. (1979), Andrew D. White — Educator, Historian, Diplomat, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
• Drechsler, Wolfgang (1982), Andrew D. White in Germany. The Representative of the United States in Berlin, 1879–1881 and 1897–1902, Stuttgart: Heinz
• Lindberg, David C., and Ronald L. Numbers (1986), "Introduction" to God & Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter between Christianity and Science, ed. Lindberg and Numbers, Berkeley: University of California Press
• Lindberg and Numbers (1987), "Beyond War and Peace: A Reappraisal of the Encounter between Christianity and Science," Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 39:140-149 (accessible through an external link [1])

External links

• Cornell Presidency: Andrew Dickson White
• Cornell University Library Presidents Exhibition: Andrew Dickson White (Presidency; Inauguration)
• The Mythical Conflict between Science and Religion (addresses White's claims)
• The Myth of the Flat Earth
• Works by Andrew Dickson White at Project Gutenberg