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Andrew Dickson White
1832–1918
A builder of institutions as much as a writer, he helped found Cornell University and went on to shape American higher education, diplomacy, and historical scholarship. His books carry the voice of a public intellectual who believed learning should be broad, serious, and open to new ideas.
7 Audiobooks
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
by Andrew Dickson White
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1
by Andrew Dickson White
Fiat Money Inflation in France: How it Came, What it Brought, and How it Ended
by Andrew Dickson White
The Warfare of Science
by Andrew Dickson White
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2
by Andrew Dickson White
The Most Bitter Foe of Nations, and the Way to Its Permanent Overthrow
by Andrew Dickson White
Records of the Spanish Inquisition, Translated from the Original Manuscripts
by Andrew Dickson White
About the author
Born in Homer, New York, in 1832, Andrew Dickson White became one of the key figures behind the founding of Cornell University. Working with Ezra Cornell, he helped create the university and served as its first president for nearly two decades, championing a wider curriculum than many American colleges offered at the time.
White was also active in public life. He served in the New York State Senate and later represented the United States abroad, including diplomatic posts in Germany and Russia. Alongside his work as an educator and statesman, he wrote extensively as a historian, and he is especially remembered for books on the history of science, religion, and civilization.
His life brought together scholarship, politics, and institution-building in an unusual way. For listeners coming to his work today, that mix helps explain both his confidence as a narrator and his lasting place in American intellectual history.