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'''Charles Seymour''' was an [[United States|American]] [[academic]],  [[historian]] and President of Yale University from [[1937]] to [[1951]]. His writing focused on the diplomatic history of [[World War I]]. He was one of the founders of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], and curator of the papers of [[deep state operative]] Colonel [[Colonel Edward M. House| Edward M. House]].
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==Early life==
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Seymour was born in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], the son of [[Thomas Day Seymour]], who taught classics at Yale, and Sarah Hitchcock Seymour. His paternal grandfather, Nathan Perkins Seymour, was the great-great grandson of [[Thomas Clap]], who was President of Yale in the 1740s.  His paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Day, was the grandniece of [[Jeremiah Day]], who was Yale's president from 1817 through 1846.  An ancestor of his mother, the former Sarah Hitchcock, was awarded an honorary degree at Yale's first graduation ceremonies in 1702.<ref name="nyt1963">[https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F10D17FD3F55127B93C0A81783D85F478685F9  "Charles Seymour of Yale Dies at 78,"] ''New York Times.'' August 12, 1963.</ref>
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Seymour was awarded a [[Bachelor of Arts]] at [[King's College, Cambridge]] in 1904; and he earned a second B.A. from Yale in 1908. He went on to earn a  [[Ph.D.]] from Yale in 1911.<ref name="nyt1963"/>  In 1908, he was also tapped as a member of the [[Skull and Bones]] Society and in 1919 he was founding member of The [[Council on Foreign Relations]].{{citation needed|date = June 2015}}
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==Career==
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Seymour's teaching experience began at Yale in 1911 when he was made an instructor in history.  He was made a full professor in 1918; and when he eventually left teaching, he had risen amongst the faculty to become [[Sterling Professor]] of History (1922–1927).<ref name="nyt1949">[https://www.nytimes.com/1949/04/11/archives/seymour-to-retire-as-yale-head-in-50-aged-64-he-says-reshaping-of.html?sq=charles%2520seymour&scp=15&st=cse  "Seymour to Retire as Yale Head in '50,"] ''New York Times.'' April 11, 1949</ref>  He taught history at Yale from 1911 though 1937, when he became president of the university.<ref name="nyt1963"/>
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Seymour was the chief of the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] Division of the [[American Commission to Negotiate Peace]] in 1919.  He was also the U.S. delegate on the [[Romania]]n, [[Yugoslavia]]n, and [[Czechoslovakia]]n Territorial Commissions in 1919.<ref name="nyt1937"/>
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In 1933, he delivered the [[Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History]] at Johns Hopkins University on the subject of American Diplomacy during the First World War.
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Seymour served for ten years as the university's [[Provost (education)|provost]] (1927–1937).<ref name="nyt1963"/>  During this period, [[Yale College]] was re-organized into a system of ten [[residential colleges of Yale University|residential college]], instituted in 1933 with the help of a grant by Yale graduate [[Edward S. Harkness]], who admired the college systems at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. Seymour became the first Master of [[Berkeley College (Yale University)|Berkeley College]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1931/05/22/archives/yale-names-3-more-as-college-masters-drs-charles-seymour-cw-mendel.html?sq=charles%2520seymour&scp=12&st=cse  "Yale Names 3 More as College Masters; Drs. Charles Seymour, C.W. Mendel and Arnold Whitridge of Colombia Are Named,"] ''New York Times.'' May 22, 1931; [http://www.yale.edu/berkeley/index.html  Berkeley College:] [http://www.yale.edu/berkeley/about_history.html  BK history]</ref>
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At age 52, Seymour succeeded [[James Rowland Angell]] as the university's 15th president in October 1937.<ref name="nyt1937">[https://www.nytimes.com/1937/02/14/archives/seymour-named-yale-president-to-succeed-dr-angell-in-june-election.html?sq=charles%2520seymour&scp=5&st=cse  "Seymour Named Yale President To Succeed Dr. Angell in June,"] ''New York Times.'' February 14, 1937.</ref> After his retirement in July 1950, he would be succeeded by [[Alfred Whitney Griswold]].<ref name="nyt1950">Parke, Richard H. [https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/13/archives/yale-in-graduation-honors-its-leader-university-to-dr-seymours.html?sq=charles%2520seymour&scp=7&st=cse  "Yale in Graduation Honors its Leader,"] ''New York Times.'' June 13, 1950.</ref>
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After his retirement as president, Seymour continued his involvement with the university as curator of the papers of [[Edward M. House]] at the Yale University Library.<ref name="nyt1963"/>
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He died in [[Chatham, Massachusetts]] in 1963 after a long illness. His son, Charles Seymour, Jr., was a professor of [[art history]] at Yale.<ref name="nyt1963"/>
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'''Quote:''' ''"We seek the truth and will endure the consequences."''
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==Selected works==
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* 1915 — [https://books.google.com/books?id=34kEAAAAYAAJ&client=firefox-a  ''Electoral Reform in England and Wales: The Development and Operation of the Parliamentary Franchise, 1832-1885.''] New Haven: [[Yale University Press]].
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* 1916 — [https://archive.org/details/diplomaticbackg00seymgoog  ''The Diplomatic Background of the War, 1870-1914.''] New Haven: Yale University Press.
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* 1918 — [https://archive.org/details/howworldvotesst04frargoog  ''How the World Votes: The Story of Democratic Development in Elections''] with [[Donald Paige Frary]]. Springfield, Massachusetts: C. A. Nichols. {{OCLC|557198}}
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* 1921 — [https://archive.org/details/woodrowwilsonan05seymgoog  ''Woodrow Wilson and the World War.''] New Haven: Yale University Press.
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* 1926 — [https://books.google.com/books?id=1oMHy1j-s88C&q=The+Intimate+Papers+of+Colonel+House&dq=The+Intimate+Papers+of+Colonel+House&lr=&client=firefox-a&pgis=1  ''The Intimate Papers of Colonel House.''] New York: [[Houghton Mifflin]]. {{OCLC|476286}}
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* 1934 — [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gy4qAAAAYAAJ&q=American+Diplomacy+During+the+World+War&dq=American+Diplomacy+During+the+World+War&lr=&client=firefox-a&pgis=1  ''American Diplomacy During the World War.''] Baltimore: [[Johns Hopkins Press]]. [reprinted by Greenwood Press, Westport Connecticut, 1975: {{ISBN|978-0-8371-7746-5}}
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* 1935 — [https://books.google.com/books?id=1jKMGAAACAAJ&dq=American+neutrality&lr=&client=firefox-a  ''American Neutrality, 1914-17: Essays on the Causes of American Intervention in the World War.''] {{OCLC|257742593}}
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* 1921 — [https://archive.org/details/whatreallyhappe01seymgoog  ''What Really Happened in Paris: the story of the Peace Conference, 1918-1919''] with Edward House. New York: [[Charles Scribner's Sons]].
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* 1963 — ''Letters from the Paris Peace Conference''. New Haven
 
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Person.png Charles Seymour  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(historian, academic)
Charles Seymour c1930.jpeg
BornJanuary 1, 1885
New Haven, Connecticut
DiedAugust 11, 1963 (Age 78)
Chatham, Massachusetts
Alma materKing's College (Cambridge), Yale
Member ofSkull and Bones
President of Yale University with deep state ties.

Charles Seymour was an American academic, historian and President of Yale University from 1937 to 1951. His writing focused on the diplomatic history of World War I. He was one of the founders of the Council on Foreign Relations, and curator of the papers of deep state operative Colonel Edward M. House.

Early life

Seymour was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Thomas Day Seymour, who taught classics at Yale, and Sarah Hitchcock Seymour. His paternal grandfather, Nathan Perkins Seymour, was the great-great grandson of Thomas Clap, who was President of Yale in the 1740s. His paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Day, was the grandniece of Jeremiah Day, who was Yale's president from 1817 through 1846. An ancestor of his mother, the former Sarah Hitchcock, was awarded an honorary degree at Yale's first graduation ceremonies in 1702.[1]

Seymour was awarded a Bachelor of Arts at King's College, Cambridge in 1904; and he earned a second B.A. from Yale in 1908. He went on to earn a Ph.D. from Yale in 1911.[1] In 1908, he was also tapped as a member of the Skull and Bones Society and in 1919 he was founding member of The Council on Foreign Relations.[citation needed]

Career

Seymour's teaching experience began at Yale in 1911 when he was made an instructor in history. He was made a full professor in 1918; and when he eventually left teaching, he had risen amongst the faculty to become Sterling Professor of History (1922–1927).[2] He taught history at Yale from 1911 though 1937, when he became president of the university.[1]

Seymour was the chief of the Austro-Hungarian Division of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in 1919. He was also the U.S. delegate on the Romanian, Yugoslavian, and Czechoslovakian Territorial Commissions in 1919.[3]

In 1933, he delivered the Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History at Johns Hopkins University on the subject of American Diplomacy during the First World War.

Seymour served for ten years as the university's provost (1927–1937).[1] During this period, Yale College was re-organized into a system of ten residential college, instituted in 1933 with the help of a grant by Yale graduate Edward S. Harkness, who admired the college systems at Oxford and Cambridge. Seymour became the first Master of Berkeley College.[4]

At age 52, Seymour succeeded James Rowland Angell as the university's 15th president in October 1937.[3] After his retirement in July 1950, he would be succeeded by Alfred Whitney Griswold.[5]

After his retirement as president, Seymour continued his involvement with the university as curator of the papers of Edward M. House at the Yale University Library.[1]

He died in Chatham, Massachusetts in 1963 after a long illness. His son, Charles Seymour, Jr., was a professor of art history at Yale.[1]

Quote: "We seek the truth and will endure the consequences."

Selected works

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References

  1. ↑ a b c d e f "Charles Seymour of Yale Dies at 78," New York Times. August 12, 1963.
  2. ↑ "Seymour to Retire as Yale Head in '50," New York Times. April 11, 1949
  3. ↑ a b "Seymour Named Yale President To Succeed Dr. Angell in June," New York Times. February 14, 1937.
  4. ↑ "Yale Names 3 More as College Masters; Drs. Charles Seymour, C.W. Mendel and Arnold Whitridge of Colombia Are Named," New York Times. May 22, 1931; Berkeley College: BK history
  5. ↑ Parke, Richard H. "Yale in Graduation Honors its Leader," New York Times. June 13, 1950.
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