James C. Greenough Explained

James Carruthers Greenough
Order:	Principal of the Rhode Island Normal School (now Rhode Island College)
Term Start:	1871
Term End:	1883
Order2:	President of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Term Start2:	1883
Term End2:	1886
Order3:	Principal of Westfield State Normal School (now Westfield State University)
Term Start3:	1887
Term End3:	1896
Birth Date:	August 15, 1829
Birth Place:	Wendell, Massachusetts
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Westfield, Massachusetts
Spouse:	Jeanie Ashley Bates (1860–1921)
Alma Mater:	Williams College (A.B., A.M.) Brown University (A.M.) Berea College (LL.D.)^[2]
Signature:	JCGreenough.svg

James Carruthers Greenough (August 15, 1829 – December 4, 1924) was an American educator who served as the third principal of the Rhode Island Normal School, sixth president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and seventh principal of the Westfield State Normal School.^[2] He was also an outspoken advocate of Christian teachings in public academic institutions,^[3] a fellow of the American Institute of Instruction,^[4] and author of a treatise on the British education system.^[5]

He was a member of the Central Congregational Church in Providence.^[6]

Selected works

• "The Proper Work of Normal Schools" (1872)
• "Methods and Results" (1881)
• Address on Col. Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1883)
• "The Place and the Work of the State College" (1883)
• "Morality and Religion in the Public School" (1887)
• "The Relation of the College to Pedagogics" (1893)
• "The Evolution of the Elementary Schools of Great Britain" (1903)
• "A History of the Town of Westfield" (1919)

External links

• James C. Greenough Papers
• James C. Greenough, YouMass, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• James C. Greenough, Past Chancellors & Presidents on the Amherst Campus, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Notes and References

1. Book: The Sixty-Third Annual Report of the Massachusetts Agricultural College . 2011-01-27. February 1926. XVIII . Massachusetts Agricultural College . Amherst, MA . 3–4 .
2. Book: Marquis . Albert Nelson . Who's Who in New England. A. N. Marquis & Company . 1909. Chicago. 2012-01-27. 2108089. Greenough, James Carruthers. https://archive.org/stream/whoswhoinnewengl00marq2#page/n487/mode/2up.
3. Greenough. J. C.. James C. Greenough. Smythe. Egbert C.. Churchill. J.W.. Tucker. William J.. Harris. George. Hincks. Edward Y.. June 1887. Morality and Religion in the Public School. The Andover Review. VII. 42. 638–648. Cambridge, MA. The Riverside Press; Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 2012-01-27.
4. Book: Norris-Sullivan, E. . The Lectures and Journal of Proceedings of the American Institute of Instruction; July 5-8, 1881, at St. Albans, VT. . American Institute of Instruction . 1882. Boston. 2012-01-27.
5. Book: Greenough, James C. . Harris . W.T . The Evolution of the Elementary Schools of Great Britain . D. Appleton and Company . November 1903. New York . 2012-01-27. 2108089.
6. Book: textsHistorical manual of the Central Congregational Church, Providence, R.I. 1852-1902 . 1902 . E. L. Freeman & Sons . 129 .