Daniel C. Van Norman

Daniel C. Van Norman (August 17, 1815 - June 24, 1886) was a Canadian educator, clergyman, and school founder, who later moved to New York City.

After a thorough preparatory course, he entered Hamilton College, in Hamilton, Ontario. Van Norman was one of some 25 or 30 students who came over from Canada during the first decade of the Methodist Episcopal Church-sponsored Cazenovia Seminary, in Cazenovia, New York, where he was a student 1833–36. He was graduated at Wesleyan University in 1838.

Career He joined the Canada Wesleyan conference in 1839, and was appointed professor of classics and physics in Victoria College (now Victoria University, Toronto), Cobourg, in 1839-45. Late in life, Van Norman left the Methodist and united with the Presbyterian church. He was recording secretary of the American Foreign and Christian Union for many years,

Later in life, an Elder in the Central Presbyterian Church.

Death and legacy Van Norman was taken with a stroke of paralysis on April 5, 1886, which proved fatal. He died at his residence on West 57th Street, in New York City, June 24, 1886.

A monument to his memory was erected at Jamaica, Queens, in 1900.