Northrop, Cyrus, 1834-1922

Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Yale. President of the University of Minnesota 1884-1911.

From the description of Cyrus Northrop letter to E. C. Stedman [manuscript], 1875 December 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 176633269

College president, educator, and public official from Connecticut.

From the description of Letter of Cyrus Northrop, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454743

Cyrus Northrop was the second president of the University of Minnesota.

From the description of Cyrus Northrop papers, 1853-1922. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291889

Cyrus Northrop was born in 1834 in Ridgefield Connecticut. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1857, and then went on to be a clerk in the Connecticut House of Representatives and Senate, editor of the New Haven Palladium, and was professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Yale, from 1863 to 1884. In 1884 he was invited, and agreed, to become the second president of the University of Minnesota. Between 1884 and 1910, Northrop's term as president saw dramatic growth and change at the University. When he first came, there were 30 faculty members and 250 students. Upon his retirement there were 442 faculty members, and 6,038 students. The campuses of the University also increased in size and material greatly. He resigned the presidency and retired in 1910, remaining in Minnesota until his death in 1922.

From the guide to the Cyrus Northrop papers, 1853-1922, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota Archives [uarc])