Samuel M. Inglis a nineteenth century American educator. He played significant roles in the development of

education in Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockford ...

, including that of

Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction The Illinois State Superintendent of Education, often shortened to State Superintendent, is a statewide government office in the U.S. state of Illinois. The State Superintendent is nominated by the Governor of Illinois and serves at the pleasure o ...

. With this position, he was an ex-officio member of several public post-secondary educational facilities of Illinois, including Eastern Illinois Normal School. Inglis was born in

Marietta, Pennsylvania Marietta is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,633 at the 2020 census. It is located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River northwest of Columbia. Geography Marietta is located in western Lancaster County at ( ...

on August 15, 1840. His early education took place in Ohio public schools. His family moved to

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, 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
/ref> In 1887, he married Anna Louise Jackson, a Hillsboro 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.In Memoriam: Samuel M. Inglis. ''Twenty-Second Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Illinois''.
Freeman, Joseph H. 1898. Springfield, IL: Phillips Bros., State Printers. He was elected president of

Eastern Illinois State Normal School Eastern Illinois University is a public university in Charleston, Illinois. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a co ...

or what is known today as

Eastern Illinois University Eastern Illinois University is a public university in Charleston, Illinois. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a co ...

on April 12, 1898. He died on June 1, 1898, on vacation in

Kenosha, Wisconsin Kenosha () is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Kenosha County. Per the 2020 census, the population was 99,986 which made it the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Kenos ...

, before his official duties would have commenced in September 1899.

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