Background
Canfield, James Hulme was born on March 18, 1847 in Delaware, Ohio, United States. Son of Review Doctor E. H. and Martha C. (Hulme) Canfield.
Canfield, James Hulme was born on March 18, 1847 in Delaware, Ohio, United States. Son of Review Doctor E. H. and Martha C. (Hulme) Canfield.
Graduate Williams College, 1868 (A.M., Doctor of Laws, 1893. Doctor of Letters, [Oxon] 1902).
In railroad building in Iowa and Minnesota, 1868-1871. Admitted to Michigan bar, 1872. Practiced law at St. Joseph, Michigan, 1872-1877.
Professor of history, State University of Kansas, 1877-1891. Chancellor University of Nebraska, 1891-1895. President Ohio State University, 1895-1899.
Librarian, Columbia University from 1899. Author: The College Student and His Problems, 1902.
Married Flavia A. Camp, 1873.