Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, United States of America, USA / France, Harvard University, Charles William Eliot, President, 1907, Bronze Medal, by Leon Deschamps, bust of Eliot left, rev view of Harvard University, 80mm, in velvet-lined box of issue. Extremely fine.
Charles Eliot (1834-1926) was Harvard's longest serving president, occupying the post for some 40 years from 1869 to 1909. He had what were, for the time, progressive views, and put Harvard's standing on the road from a provincial American university to the world-class university it is today. Harvard itself is in Cambridge (Massachusetts) and being founded in 1636 is America's oldest university.
Estimate: £60-80
Charles Eliot (1834-1926) was Harvard's longest serving president, occupying the post for some 40 years from 1869 to 1909. He had what were, for the time, progressive views, and put Harvard's standing on the road from a provincial American university to the world-class university it is today. Harvard itself is in Cambridge (Massachusetts) and being founded in 1636 is America's oldest university.
Estimate: £60-80