Charles Francis Meserve
American academic administrator, university president
About Charles Francis Meserve
Lived 1850 – 1935 (aged 84). Charles Francis Meserve was an American university president, academic administrator and educator.
Charles Francis Meserve (1850–1936) was an American educator, university president, academic administrator, and author. He served as president of Shaw University from 1894 to 1919, a historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Early life and education Charles Francis Meserve was born on July 15, 1850, in Abington, Massachusetts. He is buried at Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville, Maine.
The National Archives and Records Administration contains a 1897 letter from Meserve to Daniel M. Browning concerning the recent punishment of Richard Henry Pratt. The W. E. B. Du Bois Papers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst library contains a 1908 letter from Meserve to Du Bois. The American Baptist Historical Society Repository contains his papers.
Personal life He was married to Abbie Mary Whittier from 1878 until her death in 1898; together they had one daughter. In 1900, Merserve married Fannie J. Philbrick.
Merserve was a member of the Republican Party.
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American academic administrator, university president (1850–1935)
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Charles Francis Meserve was born on 15 July 1850 in Abington.
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Charles Francis Meserve died on 20 April 1935 in Raleigh.
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Charles Francis Meserve was a university president, academic administrator and educator.
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Charles Francis Meserve was American.
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