Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888 | |||||||||||||||||||
type | Collector Artist | ||||||||||||||||||
dates | 1807-1888 | ||||||||||||||||||
city | Clemson | ||||||||||||||||||
state | SC | ||||||||||||||||||
other cities | Philadelphia, PA; Paris, France; Pendleton, SC; | ||||||||||||||||||
sex | M | ||||||||||||||||||
history |
Collector, engineer, government official, U.S. ambassador to Belgium from 1844 to 1851, artist, and linguist, promoter of scientific farming and education, founder of Clemson College (now Clemson University). On November 13, 1838, at the age of 31, Clemson married Anna Maria Calhoun, daughter of John C. Calhoun, the noted Senator and Vice President from South Carolina. |
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decades | 1820-1830 1830-1840 1840-1850 1850-1860 1860-1870 1870-1880 1880-1890 |
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website | http://www.clemson.edu/TGC200/ | ||||||||||||||||||
updated | 10/31/2024 13:33:18 | ||||||||||||||||||
research links |
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