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Samuel M. Inglis a nineteenth century American educatior. He played significant roles in the development of education in Illinois before his appointment, including that of Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction. With this position, he was an ex-officio member of several public post-secondary educational facilities of Illinois, including Eastern Illinois Normal School. He was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania. His early education took place in Ohio public schools. His family moved to Illinois, where he graduated from Mendota Collegiate Institute with first honors in 1861. In about 1864, he joined the 104th Illinois Infantry.〔(104th Regiment of Illinois Infantry )〕 In 1887, he married Anna Louise Jackson, a Hillsborough native who died in 1892. He married Louise Baumberger of Greenville three years afterwards. In addition to serving as State Superintendent of Public Instruction, he was a trustee of Northern Illinois Normal School as Chair of Mathematics and, later, Chair of Literature, Rhetoric, and Elocution. He was an Illinois delegate to the National Convention of Educators.〔Freeman, Joseph H. 1898. In Memoriam: Samuel M. Inglis. ''Twenty-Second Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Illinois''. July 1, 1896-June 30, 1898. Springfield, IL: Phillips Bros., State Printers.〕 He was elected president of Eastern Illinois State Normal School or what is known today as Eastern Illinois University on April 12, 1898. He died on June 1, 1898 on vacation in Kenosha, Wisconsin, before his official duties would have commenced in September 1899. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel M. Inglis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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