Botanist, Banker, Planter, Legislator, Teacher
Stephen Elliott was one of Charleston's most famous residents during the time he lived in that city (1812-1830), when Charleston was one of the most important cities in North America. He died fairly young -- only 58 -- when still very busy with his many projects. When the monument to him was placed in St. Paul's Churchyard in 1933, more than 100 years after his death, the Governor was present along with the leaders of the Legislature and the Mayor of Charleston. The Charleston News & Courier's article about this event calls him the "intellectual leader of his time" (News & Courier, Charleston, SC, 26-Feb-1933 and 27-Feb-1933). A 1791 graduate at Yale, he was elected to the legislature of South Carolina in 1793. He continued to be a legislator, serving in both houses, until the establishment of the Bank of the state in 1812; he authored the bill establishing the bank and was its president until his death. Today best-known as a naturalist, he was a co-founder of the Medical College of the South Carolina (now MUSC), where he was the first professor of natural history and botany, again until his death. In 1820 he was elected president of South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina); he declined the post, possibly after serving for a while. The Elliott College building on the University of South Carolina campus was named for him. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Yale (1819), Harvard (1822), and Columbia (1825). He was the founder of the Charleston Museum, President of the Charleston Library Society, Co-founder and Editor of the "Southern Review", and a founder of the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina and its President until his death. The Elliott Society of Charleston was named for him. He authored "The Botany of South Carolina and Georgia" (1816-24). The Botanical Gazette calls him "one of the pioneers in American botany"; it goes on to say that "His labors and investigations ... are so well known that every reader of the Gazette is familiar with his name" (University of Chicago Press, Botanical Gazette, Vol. 8, No. 7 (Jul., 1883), pp. 249-253). Elliott is remembered by name "in a genus of plants of the Heath family ... established by Dr. Muhlenberg" (http://www.huh.harvard.edu/Libraries/archives/ELLIOT.htm).
Stephen Elliott was one of Charleston's most famous residents during the time he lived in that city (1812-1830), when Charleston was one of the most important cities in North America. He died fairly young -- only 58 -- when still very busy with his many projects. When the monument to him was placed in St. Paul's Churchyard in 1933, more than 100 years after his death, the Governor was present along with the leaders of the Legislature and the Mayor of Charleston. The Charleston News & Courier's article about this event calls him the "intellectual leader of his time" (News & Courier, Charleston, SC, 26-Feb-1933 and 27-Feb-1933). A 1791 graduate at Yale, he was elected to the legislature of South Carolina in 1793. He continued to be a legislator, serving in both houses, until the establishment of the Bank of the state in 1812; he authored the bill establishing the bank and was its president until his death. Today best-known as a naturalist, he was a co-founder of the Medical College of the South Carolina (now MUSC), where he was the first professor of natural history and botany, again until his death. In 1820 he was elected president of South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina); he declined the post, possibly after serving for a while. The Elliott College building on the University of South Carolina campus was named for him. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Yale (1819), Harvard (1822), and Columbia (1825). He was the founder of the Charleston Museum, President of the Charleston Library Society, Co-founder and Editor of the "Southern Review", and a founder of the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina and its President until his death. The Elliott Society of Charleston was named for him. He authored "The Botany of South Carolina and Georgia" (1816-24). The Botanical Gazette calls him "one of the pioneers in American botany"; it goes on to say that "His labors and investigations ... are so well known that every reader of the Gazette is familiar with his name" (University of Chicago Press, Botanical Gazette, Vol. 8, No. 7 (Jul., 1883), pp. 249-253). Elliott is remembered by name "in a genus of plants of the Heath family ... established by Dr. Muhlenberg" (http://www.huh.harvard.edu/Libraries/archives/ELLIOT.htm).
Botanist, Banker, Planter, Legislator, Teacher
Stephen Elliott was one of Charleston's most famous residents during the time he lived in that city (1812-1830), when Charleston was one of the most important cities in North America. He died fairly young -- only 58 -- when still very busy with his many projects. When the monument to him was placed in St. Paul's Churchyard in 1933, more than 100 years after his death, the Governor was present along with the leaders of the Legislature and the Mayor of Charleston. The Charleston News & Courier's article about this event calls him the "intellectual leader of his time" (News & Courier, Charleston, SC, 26-Feb-1933 and 27-Feb-1933). A 1791 graduate at Yale, he was elected to the legislature of South Carolina in 1793. He continued to be a legislator, serving in both houses, until the establishment of the Bank of the state in 1812; he authored the bill establishing the bank and was its president until his death. Today best-known as a naturalist, he was a co-founder of the Medical College of the South Carolina (now MUSC), where he was the first professor of natural history and botany, again until his death. In 1820 he was elected president of South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina); he declined the post, possibly after serving for a while. The Elliott College building on the University of South Carolina campus was named for him. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Yale (1819), Harvard (1822), and Columbia (1825). He was the founder of the Charleston Museum, President of the Charleston Library Society, Co-founder and Editor of the "Southern Review", and a founder of the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina and its President until his death. The Elliott Society of Charleston was named for him. He authored "The Botany of South Carolina and Georgia" (1816-24). The Botanical Gazette calls him "one of the pioneers in American botany"; it goes on to say that "His labors and investigations ... are so well known that every reader of the Gazette is familiar with his name" (University of Chicago Press, Botanical Gazette, Vol. 8, No. 7 (Jul., 1883), pp. 249-253). Elliott is remembered by name "in a genus of plants of the Heath family ... established by Dr. Muhlenberg" (http://www.huh.harvard.edu/Libraries/archives/ELLIOT.htm).
Stephen Elliott was one of Charleston's most famous residents during the time he lived in that city (1812-1830), when Charleston was one of the most important cities in North America. He died fairly young -- only 58 -- when still very busy with his many projects. When the monument to him was placed in St. Paul's Churchyard in 1933, more than 100 years after his death, the Governor was present along with the leaders of the Legislature and the Mayor of Charleston. The Charleston News & Courier's article about this event calls him the "intellectual leader of his time" (News & Courier, Charleston, SC, 26-Feb-1933 and 27-Feb-1933). A 1791 graduate at Yale, he was elected to the legislature of South Carolina in 1793. He continued to be a legislator, serving in both houses, until the establishment of the Bank of the state in 1812; he authored the bill establishing the bank and was its president until his death. Today best-known as a naturalist, he was a co-founder of the Medical College of the South Carolina (now MUSC), where he was the first professor of natural history and botany, again until his death. In 1820 he was elected president of South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina); he declined the post, possibly after serving for a while. The Elliott College building on the University of South Carolina campus was named for him. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Yale (1819), Harvard (1822), and Columbia (1825). He was the founder of the Charleston Museum, President of the Charleston Library Society, Co-founder and Editor of the "Southern Review", and a founder of the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina and its President until his death. The Elliott Society of Charleston was named for him. He authored "The Botany of South Carolina and Georgia" (1816-24). The Botanical Gazette calls him "one of the pioneers in American botany"; it goes on to say that "His labors and investigations ... are so well known that every reader of the Gazette is familiar with his name" (University of Chicago Press, Botanical Gazette, Vol. 8, No. 7 (Jul., 1883), pp. 249-253). Elliott is remembered by name "in a genus of plants of the Heath family ... established by Dr. Muhlenberg" (http://www.huh.harvard.edu/Libraries/archives/ELLIOT.htm).
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