James Burris Angell
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James Burris Angell (1829-1916) was a graduate from and professor of languages at Brown University, editor of the Providence Journal (1860-1866), president of the University of Vermont (1866-1871) and of the University of Michigan (1871-1909). He also served as U.S. Minister to China (1880-1881) and to Turkey (1897-1898). He was the father of James Rowland Angell who was a psychologist at the University of Chicago and president of Yale University, and uncle the Frank Angell who was a psychologist at Cornell University and Stanford University. The Angells were a prominent family in Providence, Rhode Island dating back to colonial times. A street named after the family runs by Brown University.