Bin Ueda (1874 - 1916)

Linguist. Scholar of the English and French languages. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Rev Alexander Lucius Twilight (1795 - 1857)

Groundbreaking African-American educator. In 1823 he graduated from Middlebury College, making him the first black person in America to receive a college degree. He was a teacher and was also licensed to preach. In 1836 he became pastor of Brownington’s Congregational church and principal of the Orleans County Grammar School. To cope with school expansion […]

Hideo Takamine (1854 - 1910)

Educator. During a tour of the United States, Takamine became one of the few eductors to obtain a firm grasp of the Pestalozzian method of instruction while carrying out practice teaching at Oswego Normal School. After returning to Japan, Takamine served on the staff of Tokyo Normal School and in 1881 became its Director. He […]

Teiji Takagi (1875 - 1960)

Mathematician. His most important contribution came in 1920 when he introduced the Takagi class-field theory. It subsequently became the framework of algebraic number theory. The German mathematician Hasse included Takagi’s theory in his treatise on class field theory a few years later. For his career work, Takagi received many honors, including from Czechoslovakia, the University […]

Sanae Takada (1970 - 1970)

Educator. Served as president of Waseda University, as well as Japan’s Minister of Education. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

George Clinton Swallow (1970 - 1970)

Educator. Born in Buckfield Maine, he served as a Professor of Chemistry and Geology before relocating Missouri in 1853, to become Missouri’s first state geologist. There he conducted geological surveys for the State of Missouri and the State of Kansas, before returning to the University of Missouri, to teach in 1858. In 1870, he became […]

Anne Sullivan (1866 - 1936)

Educator. Due to the death of her mother at an early age, she and her brother were sent to an orphanage. Because of her poor living conditions, she had health problems all her life and lost her sight at age 35. In 1887, she became governess to six-year-old Helen Keller. Using creativity and patience, she […]

Phebe W. Sudlow (1831 - 1922)

Educator. She was the first female public school principal in the United States, the first female school superintendant in the United States, the first female president of the Iowa School Teachers’ Association, and the first female professor at the University of Iowa. She accomplished all of this despite her lack of official academic credits. She […]

Walter Stubbe (1970 - 1970)

Fellow of the College. (bio by: David Conway)

Rembert E. Stokes (1917 - 1993)

President, Wilberforce University, 1956-1976. Was elected to the Bishopric of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1976. Held AME Church pastorates in Jamestown, RI, Cambridge, MA and Canton, OH. Also served as the Dean of the Payne Theological Seminary. Was also a member of the Board of Directors of the United Negro College Fund and […]

Ezra Stiles (1727 - 1795)

American Educator and Theologian. He was born in North Haven, Connecticut, the son of a minister. He attended Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut and graduated in 1746. He studied theology and was ordained as a minister in 1749, tutoring at Yale from that year until 1755. In 1753 he resigned from the ministry to […]

Alexander Peter Stewart (1821 - 1908)

Civil War Confederate General. Called “Old Straight”, he was a redhead who lacked the fiery temperament popularly associated with that hue and was instead an effective, if quiet and unassuming, leader who served in all the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee, then went on to one of the more distinguished post-war careers. Raised in […]

Theophilus Gould Steward (1843 - 1924)

African-American clergyman, teacher, and writer. One of six children of James Steward and Rebecca Gould Steward, Theophilus became a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in June of 1864 at the age of 21.  Initially appointed to a church in South Camden, New Jersey, the following year Theophilus received an appointment to South […]

John Henry Stanford (1938 - 1998)

US Army Major General. Born in Darby, Pennsylvania, he had a distinguished military career as Deputy Commanding General of US Army Aviation Systems Command and as Executive Secretary to Secretary of Defense in the 1980s. He retired from active service a Major General in 1991. In 1995, he was the first African American in Washington […]

Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford (1828 - 1905)

Educator. She was the co-founder of Stanford University with her husband, Leland Stanford. She and then President of Stanford, David Starr Jordan, rescued the University after Leland’s death. (bio by: Bona Rae Villarta)  Family links:  Parents:  Dyer Lathrop (1787 – 1855)  Jane Ann Shields Lathrop (1803 – 1882)  Spouse:  Leland Stanford (1824 – 1893)*  Children: […]

Piero Sraffa (1908 - 1983)

Italian economist, resident in Cambridge, friend of Keynes, Gramsci and Wittgenstein, his discussions with whom helped change the latter’s philosophical theories. (bio by: David Conway)

Dr Robert Spitzer (1932 - 2015)

American Psychiatrist, Professor and Author. Spitzer was a psychiatrist who played a leading role in establishing agreed-upon standards to describe mental disorders and eliminating homosexuality’s designation as a pathology. His work on several editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which defines all of the major disorders, became best-sellers. He received […]

Platt Rogers Spencer (1800 - 1864)

Calligrapher and penmanship teacher, he designed the first copybooks for school use in 1848. (bio by: Ginny M)  Family links:  Spouse:  Persis Warren Duty Spencer (1806 – 1862)*  Children:  Robert Closson Spencer (1829 – 1916)*  Sara L Spencer Sloan (1832 – 1923)*  Henry Caleb Spencer (1837 – 1891)*  Lyman Potter Spencer (1840 – 1915)*  Ellen […]

Jared Sparks (1789 - 1866)

Writer, Editor, Educator, Unitarian Minister. After graduating from Harvard, Sparks worked as teacher and editor before becoming minister of the First Independent Church in Baltimore in 1819. While serving as minister, he continued writing and editing, including founding the Unitarian Miscellany and Christian Monitor in 1821. From 1821 until 1823 he served as Chaplain for […]

Rev Edward Frederick Sorin (1814 - 1893)

Founder and first president of the University of Notre Dame. (bio by: GP)

Socrates (1970 - 1970)

Greek Philosopher. Born in 470 BC, he is known as the founder of Ethics and Philosophy. For him philosophical research was a relentless examination of ourselves. He thought that only those who know do not of knowing, wants to know the Truth. His search method was the dialogue, and his doctrine can be summarized in […]

Francis Henney Smith (1812 - 1890)

Educator. He was the first Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute. An 1833 graduate of the United States Military Academy, he served as an assistant Professor there from 1833 to 1836. at United State Military Academy. He then served as a Professor of mathematics at Hampden Sidney College from 1837 to 1839. He moved to Lexington, […]

Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov (1727 - 1797)

Educator. Founder of Moscow University.

Rev John Jay Shipherd (1802 - 1844)

Founded Oberlin College in Ohio and Olivet College in Michigan. From their beginnings, these institutions were dedicated to the ideals of education for all, regardless of gender, race, or ability to pay. (bio by: Matthew)  Family links:  Children:  Henry Zebulon Shipherd (1828 – 1908)*  Edward Payson Shipherd (1831 – 1913)* *Calculated relationshipCause of death: Malaria

Yasutsugu Shigeno (1827 - 1910)

He was born in Sakamoto-mura Village, Kasgohima Country, Satsuma Province. In 1864, he became an instructor at hanko (a domain school) of the Satsuma Domain, Zoshikan school, and by the order of the so called ‘adored leader as father of the Satsuma Domain,’ Hisamitsu SHIMAZU, he wrote “Kochoseikan” (imperial court almanac). He also became a […]

Masanao Sekine (1970 - 1970)

Scholar of classical Japanese. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Duns “Doctor Subtilis” Scotus (1970 - 1308)

Franciscan (Grey Friars) monk who was renowned in his day throughout Europe for his skill in classical logic. When his style of metaphysics fell into disrepute, his name became the origin of the word ‘dunce’. He is buried in Cologne (Germany) but this memorial was set up by the Franciscans as Sidney Sussex College stands […]

Morrie Schwartz (1916 - 1995)

Educator.  A Sociology Professor at Brandeis University, he was interviewed three times by Ted Koppel on  “Nightline” and he is the subject of the best-seller “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom.  Schwartz himself wrote a book called “Letting Go.” (bio by: 380W)

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874 - 1938)

Educator, Activist. He went to New York in April 1891and became involved in the revolutionary movements of the immigrant Cubans and Puerto Ricans living in that area. He developed a thirst for knowledge about people of African descent and began to write about African world history and the African-American intellectual community. He collected letters, manuscripts, […]

August Wilhelm von Schlegel (1767 - 1845)

Literary critic, professor and translator. Together with Ludwig Tieck he translated Shakespeare’s and Cervantes’ works into German and those translations are still used today.  Family links:  Spouse:  Caroline Michaelis Schelling (1763 – 1809)* *Calculated relationship