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Amherst was founded as a non-sectarian institution "for the classical education of indigent young men of piety and talents for the Christian ministry" (Tyler, A History of Amherst College). One of the hallmarks of the new college was its Charity Fund, an early form of financial aid that paid the tuition of poorer students. [ 18 ]
The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College, is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors. The museum is located in the Beneski Earth Sciences Building, completed in 2006. It is a member of Museums10.
Moreover, in 2003, the Amherst-Williams rivalry earned its place of distinction when it was included in ESPN's Page 2 bracket, celebrating the best college football rivalries. [ 5 ] On November 11, 2017, another memorable chapter was added to the rivalry's annals, as Williams College defeated Amherst in a game held in Williamstown.
In 1857, Amherst College accepted a gift from Joel Hayden, future Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts [1] —a bronze neoclassical sculpture by William Calder Marshall of Sabrina listening to her invocation from John Milton's Comus (1634). [2] The statue was originally installed on the town side of the Amherst campus, between North Dormitory ...
Amherst College chapel and original dormitories c. 1914. Later that year, Clark returned to Amherst and accepted a professorship in analytical and applied chemistry at Amherst College. He held that position until 1867. He also served as professor of zoology from 1852 to 1858, and of botany from 1854 to 1858.
Chemist Julian Howard Gibbs 1947, former President of Amherst College (won the High Polymer Prize of the American Physical Society, 1967) Neuroscientist James Olds 1947, one of the foremost psychologists of the twentieth century; Political Scientist Richard Fenno 1948, namesake of Fenno's paradox and Richard F. Fenno Jr. Prize
His collections, a bust and portrait can be viewed at the Amherst College Museum of Natural History. The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst holds his papers. [9] In 1821, he married Orra White, one of the earliest women botanical and scientific illustrators in the U.S. The two worked closely together, and she contributed more than ...
William Seymour Tyler is the 214th graduate of Amherst College as noted in the record of the graduating class of 1830 at amherst.edu; Tyler's A History of Amherst College during the Administration of Its First Five Presidents; Tyler House at smith.edu; Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). "Tyler, William Seymour" . The New Student's Reference Work ...