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Andrew Dickson White
1832–1918
A co-founder and the first president of Cornell University, he helped shape the idea of the modern American university. He was also a historian and diplomat whose life moved between education, public service, and big arguments about science and religion.
7 Audiobooks
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
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
by Andrew Dickson White
Records of the Spanish Inquisition, Translated from the Original Manuscripts
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
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1
by Andrew Dickson White
About the author
Born in 1832, Andrew Dickson White became one of the key figures behind the founding of Cornell University and served as its first president from 1866 to 1885. He pushed for a broad, modern education that reached beyond the narrow classical model common at the time, and he played a major role in building Cornell's faculty, collections, and academic direction.
White was not only an educator but also a public servant. He served in the New York State Senate and later represented the United States abroad, including as minister to Germany and ambassador to Russia. Alongside that public work, he wrote widely on history and on the relationship between science and religion.
He is often remembered for his strong belief that universities should welcome many fields of study and encourage independent thought. That mix of institution-building, scholarship, and diplomacy made him an influential figure in American intellectual life before his death in 1918.