James Tift Champlin (June 9, 1811 – March 15, 1882) was the seventh President of
Colby College
Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philant ...
,
Maine
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, United States, from 1857-1873.
Early life
James Tift Champlin was born in
Colchester, Connecticut
Colchester is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 15,555 at the 2020 census. In 2010 Colchester became the first town in Connecticut, and the 36th in the country, to be certified with the National Wildli ...
on June 9, 1811.
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He died in Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropo ...
on March 15, 1882.[
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Career
References
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Presidents of Colby College
1811 births
1882 deaths