Daniel C. Van Norman (August 17, 1815 - June 24, 1886) was a Canadian-born American educator, clergyman, and school founder. [1]
Daniel C. Van Norman (August 17, 1815 - June 24, 1886) was a Canadian-born American educator, clergyman, and school founder. [1]
Daniel Cummings Van Norman was born in Nelson, Canada West, August 17, 1815. [2]
After a thorough preparatory course, he entered Hamilton College, in Hamilton, Ontario. [3] Van Norman was one of some 25 or 30 students who came over from Canada during the first decade of the Methodist Episcopal Church-sponsored Cazenovia Seminary, in Cazenovia, New York, where he was a student 1833–36. He was graduated at Wesleyan University in 1838. [2] [4]
He joined the Canada Wesleyan conference in 1839, and was appointed professor of classics and physics in Victoria College (now Victoria University, Toronto), Cobourg, in 1839-45. [2] [1] In 1844, Van Norman was ordained to the ministry. [3]
He founded the Burlington ladies' academy, Hamilton, Ontario, in 1845, and was its principal till 1851. [4] In 1851, he assumed the charge of Rutgers Female Institute, New York City, which post he held till 1857. He then founded and became principal of the Van Norman Institute, a school for young ladies, conducting it until the spring of 1886. [2] [1] [5]
Van Norman wrote many articles for newspapers. [5] In conjunction with Louise Pujol, he wrote a complete French text book. [3]
He received the degree of LL.D. from Wesleyan University in 1860. [4] Although he held no regular pastorate, he preached more than 4,000 sermons. [1] Late in life, Van Norman left the Methodist and united with the Presbyterian church. He was recording secretary of the American Foreign and Christian Union for many years, [3] and was one of the founders of the American Chapel in Paris. [6]
Later in life, an Elder in the Central Presbyterian Church. [5]
He was also a member of the Society of Science and Art, [4] and Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. [5]
He married Sarah Maria Spencer, of Cazenovia, New York; they had four children. [4]
In 1875, he married Amelie Veiller of Paris, France. [7]
Van Norman was taken with a stroke of paralysis on April 5, 1886, which proved fatal. He died at his residence on West 57th Street, in New York City, June 24, 1886. [5]
A monument to his memory was erected at Jamaica, Queens, in 1900. [8]
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