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Jul 06, 1831 Norwich, Connecticut, United States Died on 13 Oct 1908 (aged 77)
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About Daniel Coit Gilman
- Daniel Coit Gilman (; July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic.
- Gilman was instrumental in founding the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College, and subsequently served as the second president of the University of California, Berkeley, as the first president of Johns Hopkins University, and as founding president of the Carnegie Institution.
- He was also co-founder of the Russell Trust Association, which administers the business affairs of Yale's Skull and Bones society.
- Gilman served for twenty five years as president of Johns Hopkins; his inauguration in 1876 has been said to mark "the starting point of postgraduate education in the U.S."
