William Edwards Huntington (July 30, 1844 – December 6, 1930) was an American

United States

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 university dean

Dean (education)

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 and president.

Biography

He was born at Hillsboro

Hillsboro, Illinois

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, Illinois

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, served as private and first lieutenant in the Wisconsin Infantry in 1864–1865, and was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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 (A.B.

Bachelor of Arts

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, 1870) and at Boston University

Boston University

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 (B.D.

Bachelor of Divinity

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, 1873; Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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, 1881), where he was dean of the College of Liberal Arts from 1884 to 1904, president of the university in 1904–1911, and dean of the graduate department after 1911. In early life he was a Methodist minister, having been ordained in 1868, and he held pastorates in Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 at Nahant

Nahant, Massachusetts

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 (1870–1871), Roslindale (1872–1874), Newton

Newton, Massachusetts

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 (1875–1876), Cambridge

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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 (1877–1879), and Boston (1880–1882).