William Wilson Hudson (1808-June 14, 1859) was an American educator and third President of the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...
.
He was born in
Orange County, Virginia
Orange County is a county located in the Central Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 36,254. Its county seat is Orange. Orange County includes Montpelier, the estate of James Madison, the ...
in 1808 and graduated from
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
with an
A.B.
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...
in 1827 and an
A.M. in 1830. He was a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at the
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and la ...
before moving to
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Boone County and home to the University of Missouri. Founded in 1821, it is the principal city of the five-county Columbia metropolitan area. It is Missouri's fourth ...
in 1838. After teaching at the University of Missouri for some years, he was elected president of the university in 1856 and served until his death in 1859.
He is buried in Columbia at the
Columbia Cemetery.
on the University of Missouri campus is named in honor of him.
See also
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History of the University of Missouri
The University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, was established in 1839. This later expanded to the statewide University of Missouri System.
Founding and early years
MU was founded in 1839 as part of the Geyer Act to establish a state land-gr ...
References
1808 births
Leaders of the University of Missouri
People from Columbia, Missouri
1859 deaths
Yale University alumni
University of Alabama faculty
University of Missouri faculty
Burials at Columbia Cemetery (Columbia, Missouri)
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