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

Shochu Sato (1970 - 1970)

Physician. Founder of Juntendo University. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Toshiki Sano (1970 - 1970)

Architectural scholar. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Maria Louise Sanford (1836 - 1920)

Educator. Served as professor of English and history at Swarthmore College from 1869 to 1879, and professor of rhetoric and elocution at the University of Minnesota from 1880 to 1909. She is one of two Minnesotans honored with a statue in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol Building.

Rev Mozel Sanders (1924 - 1988)

Educator who trained the unskilled so they could work and fed the hungry. He was best known for establishing the Reverend Mozel Sanders Thanksgiving Dinner service to those in need in the Indianapolis community. A segment of North Belmont Street, on which Reverend Sanders lived and where his pastorate, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, is located, […]

Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (1803 - 1882)

Canadian clergyman and educator.  “The Father of the Public Education System in Ontario.”  Born into a prominent Loyalist family, he left home at the age of 18 when his Methodist beliefs conflicted with his fathers staunch Anglican leanings.  He quit law school after a serious illness in 1825, studying to become a Methodist minister instead. […]

Alexander Cameron Rutherford (1857 - 1941)

1st Premier of Alberta. A member of the Alberta Liberal Party, he served in this position from September 1905 until May 1910. Born in Osgoode Township, Ontario, Canada, his parents emigrated from Scotland and operated a dairy farm. Following his local education, he attended the Canadian Literary Institute in Woodstock, Ontario, graduating in 1876, and […]

Dr Lorene Lane Rogers (1914 - 2009)

Educator. As President of the University of Texas in the late 1970s, she was the first female head of a major university. Raised in Texas, she obtained a degree in English from North Texas State Teachers College, and was working as a teacher until her husband was killed in an explosion at a New Jersey […]

Fred Rogers (1928 - 2003)

Educator, Television Show Host. He hosted the educational children’s program “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” from 1968 to 2000. His show was watched by millions of children over the years, and was repeatedly hailed by parents and critics for his simple, positive, educational messages. Born Fred McFeely Rogers in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, he was a graduate of Rollins […]

Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente (1928 - 1980)

Naturalist. He founded the Spanish Society of Ornitology. He directed television series’ about the nature and the animal life as “Vida Salvaje,” “Planeta Azul” and “El Hombre y la Tierra”. He also wrote “Fauna Ibérica: los Animales Cazadores” and “El Lobo”. He died in an airplane crash in Shaktoolik (Alaska). (bio by: José L Bernabé […]

Henry Crabb Robinson (1970 - 1970)

Journalist, Diarist. His diaries provided information on contemporary poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Blake. He was the founder of University College in London.

William Marsh Rice (1816 - 1900)

Businessman, Educator. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Little is known about his childhood. He moved to Texas in 1838. In 1840 he started one of many businesses of which he would become involved. Houston and Galveston Navigation Company was established in 1851 and in 1858 Rice was the owner of a brig called the William M. […]

Robert Mantle Rattenbury (1970 - 1970)

Tutor at Trinity and University Registrar. (bio by: David Conway)

Rasmus Kristian Rask (1787 - 1832)

Danish linguist and principal founder of the science of comparative linguistics.

Virginia Estelle Randolph (1874 - 1958)

Educator. She developed an approach to education that focused on community invovlement, industrial and academic training. The Jeanes teacher program was modeled after her successful experiences. She recieved her early education at the Bacon School and the City Normal School in Richmond. At the age of sixteen she was appointed to a teaching job in […]

William Clarke Quantrill (1837 - 1865)

Civil War Confederate Partisan Leader. The leader first of the Missouri Partisan Rangers, then the “Quantrill’s Raiders” guerillas during the Civil War, he won renown for possessing excellent leadership skills, horsemanship and exercised unique warfare tactics. Born in Canal Dover, Ohio (now simply Dover) the oldest of 8 children to a father who labored as […]

William Clarke Quantrill (1837 - 1865)

Civil War Confederate Partisan Leader. The leader first of the Missouri Partisan Rangers, then the “Quantrill’s Raiders” guerillas during the Civil War, he won renown for possessing excellent leadership skills, horsemanship and exercised unique warfare tactics. Born in Canal Dover, Ohio (now simply Dover) the oldest of 8 children to a father who labored as […]

Evan Pugh (1828 - 1864)

Educator. A chemistry professor who studied in Europe, he served as the First President of Penn State University. Today the highest honor the University can bestow on its faculty is title of “Evan Pugh Professor”. (bio by: Russ Dodge)  Family links:  Spouse:  Rebecca Valentine Pugh (1832 – 1921)

Joseph Prior (1970 - 1918)

Senior Fellow of Trinity College. (bio by: David Conway)

John Thomas Lewis Preston (1811 - 1890)

Educator. He was the founder of the Virginia Military Institute in 1839 and one of its first professors. The Preston library at VMI is named for him. His wife, Margaret Junkin Preston is the famed “Poetess of the Confederacy”. Her inspiration to write this poetry came at the expense of VMI being burned by Union […]

Eliza Chappell Porter (1801 - 1888)

Educator. Born November 5, 1807, in Geneseo, New York, she began teaching school at age 16 and had opened a school for mixed-race Indian children in Michigan in 1831. In 1835, she married Jeremiah Porter a Presbyterian clergyman and was the first school teacher in Chicago, Illinois. During the Civil War, she was an organizer […]

Richard Porson (1759 - 1808)

The greatest Classical scholar of his age. Unfortunately also a heavy drinker, which precipitated his early death. (bio by: David Conway) Cause of death: Heart attack

Edward Pococke (1970 - 1691)

Orientalist who became a master of the Arabic, Syrica, Samaritan, Ethiopic and Hebrew languages and whose purchases became the basis of the Bodleian Library’s oriental manuscript collection. Became Oxford’s first Professor of Arabic. Also wrote in 1659 a treatise on coffee. In 1637-1640 acompanied Sir Peter Wyche (q.v.) on his embassy to Constantinople. (bio by: […]