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William Barton Rogers (December 7, 1804 – May 30, 1882) was an American geologist, physicist, and educator at the College of William & Mary from 1828 to 1835 and at the University of Virginia from 1835 to 1853. In 1861, Rogers founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The university opened in 1865 after the American Civil War.
- College of William and Mary (no degree)
- Joseph Henry
- Founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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He served as president of MIT from the first meeting of the incorporators in 1862 until 1870, then served a second term from 1879 to 1881. More about William Barton Rogers and the founding of MIT. Prepared by the Institute Archives, MIT Libraries.
William Barton Rogers (1804-1882) was a noted geologist and educator who had a vision for a new educational model. He began to organize and promote his ideas for a “polytechnic” institute as early as the 1840s. And he pursued his ideas until MIT was finally founded in 1861.
The individual finally chosen was William Barton Rogers (1804–1882), the president and founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His education was in physics and chemistry but he became an expert geologist as a result of his extensive interest in applying those disciplines to the problems of geology, including the ...
Staff Only. Dates. Existence: 1807 December 7 - 1882 May 30. Biography. William Barton Rogers (1804 - 1882) was a geologist and educator. He is more broadly known as the founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1861, and the school’s first acting president.
The Department of Physics was born when MIT founder William Barton Rogers proposed in 1865 to bring our Mens et Manus philosophy to life by creating a new laboratory of physics and mechanics in another department’s back room.
