John Crumpton Hardy
American academic
About John Crumpton Hardy
Lived 1864 – 1938 (aged 73). John Crumpton Hardy was an American.
John Crumpton Hardy (December 24, 1864 – October 30, 1938) was the President of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Mississippi State University) from 1900 - 1912.
Biography John Crumpton Hardy was born in Newton, Mississippi on December 24, 1864 to John D. and Martha Hardy. He attended Mississippi College where he earned a BA and an MA and earned a law degree at Millsaps College.
Before becoming president of Mississippi A&M College Hardy served as superintendent of the Jackson, Mississippi, schools for nine years. In 1912 he became president of Baylor Female College (now the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor) in Belton, Texas.
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American academic (1864-1938)
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John Crumpton Hardy died on 30 October 1938.
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