. History of the University of Michigan . tions, in three volumes (1885) ; and JohnsonsUniversal Cyclopjedia (1892-1893). He re-ceived the degree of Doctor of Laws from ChicagoUniversity in 1878, and from Harvard University in1887. He was twice married, first, in 1863, toMrs. Abigail Disbrow Mudge, of Ann Arbor, whodied at Ithaca in 1889 ; and in July, 1890, to Mathews Barnes, of Brooklyn, New York, whosurvived him only a few months. (For portrait, seepage 85.) MOSES COIT TYLER was born at Gris-wold, Connecticut, August 2, 1835, son of Elishaand Mary (Greene) Tyler. The family soon re
. History of the University of Michigan . tions, in three volumes (1885) ; and JohnsonsUniversal Cyclopjedia (1892-1893). He re-ceived the degree of Doctor of Laws from ChicagoUniversity in 1878, and from Harvard University in1887. He was twice married, first, in 1863, toMrs. Abigail Disbrow Mudge, of Ann Arbor, whodied at Ithaca in 1889 ; and in July, 1890, to Mathews Barnes, of Brooklyn, New York, whosurvived him only a few months. (For portrait, seepage 85.) MOSES COIT TYLER was born at Gris-wold, Connecticut, August 2, 1835, son of Elishaand Mary (Greene) Tyler. The family soon re-moved to Michigan, and after brief periods of resi-dence, first in Calhoun County, and later in BranchCounty, settled in Detroit in 1S43. Here the boywas prepared for college, partly under the tuition ofthe Reverend Doctor Kitchel, and in 1852 enteredthe University of Michigan. He remained but asingle year, and later entered Yale College, wherehe was graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1857. TheChristian ministry had been his ultimate aim for. MOSES COIT TYLER some time, and he now took up the study of the-ology, first at New Haven, and afterwards at Ando-ver Seminary. In 1859 he became pastor of theCongregational church at Owego, New York, andafter a year took a similar charge at health drove him to relinquish this work in1862, and under medical advice he gave up preach-ing and went to England with his family for a pro-longed stay. He spent some four years abroad,during which time he delivered popular lectures invarious cities of Great Britain. He also contributednumerous articles to The Independent and TheNation, giving his impressions of English life. Soonafter his return to America he was called, in 1867,to the chair of Rhetoric and P^nglish Literature in THE UNIFERSITT SENATE 241 the University of Michigan. In 1874 the title waschanged to Professor of the English Language andLiterature. With the exception of about eighteenmonths in 1873-1874, when he was li
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