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 Andrew Dickson White - Homer, NY Posted by:  ripraff
N 42° 37.987 W 076° 10.729
18T E 403346 N 4720747
Birthplace of Andrew Dickson White, First president and co-founder of Cornell University
Waymark Code: WMPYVD
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2015
Views: 3
sign in front text: "Birthplace of Andrew Dickson White November 7, 1832. Cofounder & first president of Cornell University 1866-1885."
Name of Famous Person: Andrew Dickson White
Physical Address: 81 S. Main St., Homer, NY
What is this person famous for?:
Cofounder and first president of Cornell University 1866-1885.
wikipedia "He was known for expanding the scope of college curricula. A politician, he had served as state senator in New York; later he was appointed as a U.S. diplomat to Germany and Russia, among other responsibilities...White was interred at Sage Chapel on the Cornell campus...White's body resides in a sarcophagus in the Memorial Room"
Website verifying legitimacy of site: [Web Link]
Personal Experience:
We found this because it is around the corner from another site, the birthplace of William Osborn Stoddard.
Other information about area:
http://landmarkhomerny.org/walking-tour.htm
There is a walking tour of Homer which includes this site.
"Federal/Second Empire, 1819, 81 S. Main St. Andrew Dickson White, First president and co-founder of Cornell University was born here in 1832. Renovated in the 1880s in the second empire style"
Additional Website verifying Site legitimacy: Not listed
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