Thomas B. Stockwell
American state official
About Thomas B. Stockwell
Lived 1839 – 1906 (aged 66–67).
Thomas Blanchard Stockwell (1839–1906) was an important citizen of Rhode Island, serving for thirty years as the Eighth Commissioner of Public Schools.
He was the son of Amos W. Stockwell and Susan Le Baron March. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on July 6, 1839. He attended Chicopee High School, and graduated from Brown University in 1862. He also received an M.A. in 1865. He was also the author of a book on laws related to education.
He served as the acting principal of Rhode Island College from 1883 to 1884.
He is noted for his writing on the choice of the violet as the state flower of Rhode Island in 1898.
He served as a deacon of the Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island.
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American state official (1839–1906)
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Thomas B. Stockwell was born in 1839.
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Thomas B. Stockwell died in 1906.
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