Charles W. Eliot Small 249×320 Medium 498×640 Large 796×1024 Download Tiff Original 1628×2093 | (9.8 MB) Description (1834-1926) Educator who became president of Harvard and presided over a period of great growth which included the introduction of the elective system and the teaching of women. Keywords educator, Harvard, portrait Galleries Educators, Famous People: E Source: Chandler B. Beach The New Student's Reference Work for Teachers Students and Families (Chicago, IL: F. E. Compton and Company, 1909)