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William Milligan Sloane | |
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| Born | (1850-11-12)November 12, 1850 |
| Died | September 12, 1928(1928-09-12) (aged 77) |
| Occupation(s) | Educator and historian |
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William Milligan Sloane (November 12, 1850 – September 12, 1928) was an American educator and historian.
William Milligan Sloane was born inRichmond, Ohio on November 12, 1850.[1] He graduated fromColumbia College of Columbia University, where he was a member of thePhilolexian Society, in 1868, and afterward was employed as instructor inclassics at the Newell School inPittsburgh until 1872. From 1872 to 1876 he studied at the universities ofBerlin andLeipzig. He studied history underMommsen andDroysen, and much of the time he worked as private secretary toGeorge Bancroft, United States Minister atBerlin. He received a doctorate from the University of Leipzig, with a dissertation entitledThe PoetLabid: His Life, Times, and Fragmentary Writings, which was published in 1877. The published version of Sloane's dissertation specifically mentions that he studied underFleischer,Krehl, andLoth [de] at Leipzig.
Sloane was a professor of Latin (1877–1883) and subsequently History (1883–1896) atPrinceton University, when it was still known as the College of New Jersey. While there, he edited thePrinceton Review (1885–1888).[1] He resigned in 1896 to becomeSeth Low Professor of History atColumbia University.[1]
Sloane served on theInternational Olympic Committee from 1894 to 1924. The founder and chairman of theUnited States Olympic Committee (known at the time as the American Olympic Committee), he escorted the first American Olympic team to1896 Summer Olympics inAthens.
Professor Sloane was a member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 1911 president of theAmerican Historical Association. His other honors wereChevalier of theFrench Legion of Honor and of theOrder of the Polar Star.
He died at his home inBay Head, New Jersey on September 11, 1928.[2]
He was portrayed in the 1984NBC mini-seriesThe First Olympics: Athens 1896 byDavid Ogden Stiers.
Sloane married Mary Espey Johnston on December 27, 1877.[1] They had a son, James Renwick Sloane, who married Isabel Hoyt Sloane. James and Isabel had twin sons, William Milligan Sloane and James Ross Sloane, born on January 16 or 17, 1921 in Paris, France. William Milligan Sloane (the grandson) was a marine aviator and corporate lawyer who married Martha Chamberlin.[3]
