Solomon Mead
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Solomon Mead | |
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| 1st Principal of Storrs Agricultural School (University of Connecticut) | |
| In office 1881–1882 | |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Henry P. Armsby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 10, 1829 |
| Died | 1905 (aged 75–76) |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Chapin Deming, Clarissa Adele Green |
| Profession | Farmer, iron founder, academic administrator |
Solomon Mead (November 10, 1829 – 1905) was an American farmer, inventor, and iron founder who served as the first Principal of the Storrs Agricultural School, later the University of Connecticut (1881–1882).[1]
The eldest of five sons born to Richard and Hannah (Keeler) Mead, Solomon Mead was born in South Salem, New York, on November 10, 1829. He moved to New Haven in 1852 and three years later (on January 17, 1855) married Elizabeth Chapin Deming of Derby. The family lived on New Haven's Derby Avenue.[2] Elizabeth Deming Mead died in New Haven on April 23, 1890.[3] Mead subsequently married Clarissa Adele Green (1853–1916), who survived him. Mead and his first wife had seven children, three of whom survived their father.[4]
Solomon Mead's younger brother, Linus Mead (1835–1906), also lived in New Haven after 1870 and helped with his sibling's plough manufacturing concern.[4]
In May 1857, the Scientific American reported that Mead and his wife had suffered from mild arsenic poisoning due to contaminated wallpaper in their home.[5]
