Charles Franklin Dunbar (July 28, 1830– January 29, 1900) was an American economist. He held the first Chair of Political Economy at the Harvard University in 1871.[1][2]
Charles Franklin Dunbar | |
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Born | Abington, Massachusetts | July 28, 1830
Died | January 29, 1900 Cambridge, Massachusetts | (aged 69)
Education | Harvard University |
Occupation | Economist |
Spouse |
Julia Ruggles Copeland
(m. 1853; died 1899) |
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Charles Franklin Dunbar was born in Abington, Massachusetts on July 28, 1830.[3][2] He graduated from Harvard University in 1851.[4] From 1885 to 1898 he served as a trustee and later as president of the Board of Trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy.
He married Julia Ruggles Copeland on November 30, 1853. She died on November 29, 1899.[5]
Charles Franklin Dunbar died at his home in Cambridge on January 29, 1900.[5][6]
Dunbar Hall, a dormitory on that school's campus, was named after him in 1901, as was its replacement after it was destroyed by fire in 1907.[7]