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- Thomas Green Clemson (July 1, 1807 – April 6, 1888) was an American politician and statesman, serving as Chargés d'Affaires to Belgium, and United States Superintendent of Agriculture. He served in the Confederate Army and founded Clemson University in South Carolina.
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Thomas Green Clemson (July 1, 1807 – April 6, 1888) was an American politician and statesman, serving as Chargés d'Affaires to Belgium, and United States Superintendent of Agriculture. He served in the Confederate Army and founded Clemson University in South Carolina.
Thomas Green Clemson, the University’s founder and namesake, was as complex as the times in which he lived. In his 80 years, he achieved fame as a diplomat, an agriculturalist and a mining engineer. Clemson was a renaissance man whose hobbies included music, art and the classics of the ancient world.
Contents. Thomas Green Clemson. American philanthropist. Learn about this topic in these articles: establishment of Clemson University. In Clemson University. Upon his death in 1888, Thomas Green Clemson donated land and money to establish an agricultural college in South Carolina.
THOMAS G. CLEMSON was born in the City of Philadelphia, July, 1807, died at Fort Hill, S. C., April 6th, 1888, and was buried at Pendleton, S.) C. Colonel Clemson was six feet six inches tall. His features were handsome and his appearance was commanding. His deportment and manner were dignified and polished.
Feb 7, 2020 · Thomas Green Clemson demonstrated versatility in his varied activities as a mining engineer, government official, plantation owner, scientist, proponent of higher education, artist and art collector, and supporter of scientific farming.
Apr 15, 2016 · Engineer, agriculturalist, college founder. Thomas Green Clemson IV was born in Philadelphia on July 1, 1807, the third of six children of Thomas Green Clemson III, a prosperous merchant, and Elizabeth Baker.
Thomas Green Clemson (1807–1888) was no ordinary man. He was, in fact, as unique as he was highly educated, skilled, pragmatic, visionary, and complex.
