W. P. Haisley
Florida educator
About W. P. Haisley
Lived 1831 – 1906 (aged 74–75).
William Penn Haisley (December 22, 1831 – 1906) was Florida's school superintendent. He served as principal of the South Florida Male and Female Institute in Tampa which transitioned quickly into a free school.
He was born into a Quaker family in Wayne County, Indiana and named for the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania. He studied at McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1861.
He served as Florida's superintendent of schools from 1877 until 1881. He was succeeded by Eleazer Foster.
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Who was W. P. Haisley?
Florida educator
When was W. P. Haisley born?
W. P. Haisley was born in 1831.
When did W. P. Haisley die?
W. P. Haisley died in 1906.
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