Daniel Read (June 24, 1805 – October 3, 1878) was an American educator and the sixth president of the

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Biography

Daniel Read was born near

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and completed his education at

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. Next, he studied law and despite being admitted to the bar, he accepted a position as professor at Ohio University in 1825, where he later served as vice-president. Read was a professor of ancient languages at

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from 1843 to 1856. In 1851, he participated in Indiana's Constitutional Convention. He moved to the

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in 1856 and was a professor there until 1866. Read became president of the University of Missouri in 1867, following the death of

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. He was the first to petition the

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for funding. Read established the College of Education and opened the university to women. He was the first president to live in the president's residence on the

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. His wife, Alice Brice Read, died in the residence in 1874. Read resigned from the presidency as of July 1876. He died in 1878 near

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