ANGELL, JAMES BURRILL American educationalist and diplomat, was born in Scituate, R. I., on Jan. 7, 1829. He graduated in 1849 at Brown university, at which, after travel in Europe, he was professor of modern languages and liter ature in 1853-60. In 186o-66 he was editor of the Providence Daily Journal. From 1866 to 187o he was president of the Uni versity of Vermont. In 1871 he became president of the Uni versity of Michigan, serving until 1909, when he was made presi dent emeritus. Under his administration thy institution was brought to high rank among American universities. He was United States minister to China in 188o-81, and to Turkey in Besides numerous contributions to periodicals, he published Prog ress in International Law (1875), the article "Diplomacy in the United States" in the Narrative and Critical History of America (1888), Reminiscences (1912) and Selected Addresses (1912) . He died at Ann Arbor, Mich., on April 1, 1916.