ANGELL, JAMES ROWLAND ), American educationalist, was born at Burlington, Vt., May 8, 1869. He was a son of James Burrill Angell (1829-1916). In 1893 he was appointed instructor in philosophy at the University of Minnesota. In 1894 he was called to the University of Chicago as assistant professor of psychology and, after 1905, was professor and head of the department. He was dean of the university faculties after 1911, and acting president during 1918-19. In 1906 he was elected president of the American Psychological Association, in 1914 exchange professor at the Sorbonne, and in 1915 special lecturer at Columbia university. In 1921 he succeeded Arthur T. Hadley (q.v.) as president of Yale. His works include: Psychology rev. ed., 1908), Chapters from Modern Psychology (191I).