Charles R. Apted
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Charles Robert Apted (1873–1941)[2][3] was for 39 years a Harvard University official in various capacities, for much of that time chief of the Harvard Yard police[4] ("Harvard Cop No. 1", the Boston Globe called him)[5] and superintendent of Harvard buildings.[3] His Boston Globe obituary called him "both feared and beloved by undergraduates during three university presidential administrations".[3]
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"Colonel" Charles R. Apted | |
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Born | June 18, 1873 |
Died | June 5, 1941 (aged 67) |
Education | Chelsea Public Schools[1] |
Alma mater | Harvard College (honorary) |
Occupation(s) | Chief, Harvard Yard police · Supt. of Harvard buildings · Cambridge City Councillor |
Employer | Harvard University |
Title | "Harvard Cop No. 1" |
Spouse | Eva Catherine (Hunt) Apted[1] |
Parent(s) | Henry Edmund Apted Maria Chesterman[1] |
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He gained national prominence in 1915, when he identified deranged former Harvard German instructor and wife-poisoner Eric Muenter as the dynamite-wielding intruder who had shot J. P. Morgan, Jr. and bombed the US Senate.[4][6]