Charles William Eliot was an American academic who was president of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909, the longest term of any Harvard president. A member of the prominent Eliot family of Boston, he transformed Harvard from a respected provincial college into America's preeminent research university.
- Occupation
- university teacher, writer
- Position held
- President of Harvard University
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 20, 1834, 1834
- Died
- August 22, 1926, 1926
