Charles Wesley Emerson, 1877

Title

Charles Wesley Emerson, 1877

Description

Our college founder, Charles Wesley Emerson, was a minister at the Unitarian Church in Chelsea, MA. He enrolled in Boston University's School of Oratory in 1877, studying Delsarte and Swedenborg under the direction of Professor Lewis B. Monroe. In 1880, he established his own school, the Boston Conservatory of Elocution and Dramatic Art, which was to become Emerson College.

Date

1877

Subject

College administrators- Emerson; Charles Wesley; College administrators-College presidents; Portraits; American-Portraits

Source

Emerson College Archives and Special Collections

Publisher

Emerson College

Rights

Emerson College

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

still image

Files

Emerson.Charles.Wesley.jpg

Citation

“Charles Wesley Emerson, 1877,” ECHO: Emerson College History Online, accessed March 29, 2024, https://emersonhistory.omeka.net/items/show/227.

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