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Daniel Read

1805 – 1878

American academic

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Lived 1805 – 1878 (aged 73).

Daniel Read (June 24, 1805 – October 3, 1878) was an American educator and the sixth president of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.

Biography Daniel Read was born near Marietta, Ohio and completed his education at Ohio University. Next, he studied law and despite being admitted to the bar, he accepted a position as professor at Ohio University in 1825, where he later served as vice-president. Read was a professor of ancient languages at Indiana University from 1843 to 1856. In 1851, he participated in Indiana's Constitutional Convention. He moved to the University of Wisconsin in 1856 and was a professor there until 1866.

Read became president of the University of Missouri in 1867, following the death of John Hiram Lathrop. He was the first to petition the Missouri General Assembly for funding. Read established the College of Education and opened the university to women. He was the first president to live in the president's residence on the David R. Francis Quadrangle. His wife, Alice Brice Read, died in the residence in 1874.

Read resigned from the presidency as of July 1876. He died in 1878 near Keokuk, Iowa.

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Ohio University
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Ohio University, Indiana State University
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Who was Daniel Read?

American academic

When was Daniel Read born?

Daniel Read was born on 24 June 1805.

When did Daniel Read die?

Daniel Read died on 3 October 1878.

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· Wikipedia: Daniel Read

· Wikidata: Q5218547

· DBpedia: Daniel Read (academic)

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