George Edgar
President of Florida State University
Intro | President of Florida State University | |
Places | United States of America | |
was | President | |
Work field | Politics | |
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Birth | 1 March 1837 | |
Death | 18 October 1913Paris (aged 76 years) |
George Matthews Edgar was the President of the Seminary West of the Suwannee River, in Tallahassee, Florida, an institution which eventually became Florida State University. He served in that office from 1887 to 1892. Edgar first called the West Florida Seminary "Florida State University" during Commencement in June 1891. He was also president of the Arkansas Industrial University (now the University of Arkansas) from 1884-1887. []