Jacob Gould Schurman
Jacob Gould Schurman was a Canadianborn educator and diplomat, who served as President of Cornell University and United States Ambassador to Germany.
Schurman was born at Freetown, Prince Edward Island on May 22, 1854 the son of Robert and Lydia Schurman. Schurman lived on his parents farm as a child, then in 1867 took a job at a store near his home, which he held for two years.
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