Cleveland, Charles Dexter

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Dickinson Connection
Faculty, 1830-1832
    Full name
    Charles Dexter Cleveland
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    Family
    Alison Nisbet McCoskry (wife)
    Education
    Other
    Other Education
    Dartmouth College
    Occupation
    Diplomat
    Educator
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Government
    Diplomat

    Charles Dexter Cleveland (Dickinson Chronicles)

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    Charles Cleveland was born on December 3, 1802 in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1827. Three years later, he came to Dickinson College as professor of Greek and Latin. On his own initiative he added history and literature to his classes. From 1830 to 1832, Cleveland also served as librarian of the College. By all reports, he was well liked by the students, but not by the college president and other faculty members. His views on the method of instruction conflicted with those of his colleagues; the tensions that arose led to his resignation in 1832. Before leaving Carlisle, however, in 1831 Cleveland married Alison Nisbet McCoskry, the granddaughter of the College’s first president, Charles Nisbet.

    Cleveland then moved to the University of New York as professor of Latin. From 1834 to 1861, he was principal of a young ladies’ school in Philadelphia. He served as United States Consul at Cardiff, Wales in 1861. Cleveland was a member of the American Philosophical Society, and was active in the causes of international peace and the abolition of slavery. In 1866, he was awarded and honorary doctorate from Dickinson College. Charles Dexter Cleveland died on August 18, 1869.
    John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “Charles Dexter Cleveland,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/c/ed_clevelandCD.html.
    How to Cite This Page: "Cleveland, Charles Dexter," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/5418.