# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-burrill-angell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:15:15.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-burrill-angell"
name: "James Burrill Angell"
slug: "james-burrill-angell"
description: "James Burrill Angell was an American educator and diplomat. He is best known for being the longest-serving president of the University of Michigan, from 1871 to 1909. He represented the transition from small college life to nationally oriented universities. Under his energetic leadership, Michigan gained prominence as an elite public university. Angell is often cited by school administrators for providing the vision that the university should provide \"an uncommon education for the common man.\" Angell was also president of the University of Vermont from 1866 to 1871 and helped that small school recover from its financial difficulties brought on by the Civil War. Throughout the war, he was the editor of The Providence Journal and was a consistent vocal supporter of Abraham Lincoln."
tagline: "American diplomat (1829–1916)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesBurrillAngell.Png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1829-01-07"
deathDate: "1916-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.482614666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جیمز بوریل آنجل"
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    title: "چيمس بوريل انجيل"
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    title: "安吉立"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burrill_Angell"
    title: "James Burrill Angell"
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    title: "James Burrill Angell"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump