Martin Henry Freeman (1826 - 1889) - Find A Grave Memorial

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Martin Henry Freeman

Birth:	May 11, 1826 Rutland Rutland County Vermont, USA
Death:	May 26, 1889 Monrovia Montserrado, Liberia
Educator. He was the first African-American to become a college president in the United States. The salutatorian of Middlebury College's class of 1849, in 1850 he began work as a professor at Pennsylvania's Avery College. He was noted for his expertise in science and mathematics, and in 1856 he became president of the institution, the first African-American in the United States to achieve such distinction. He became active in the "Back to Africa" movement and moved to Liberia in 1864. Freeman served as a professor at Liberia College and became its acting president in 1885. He was appointed president shortly before his death. (bio by: Bill McKern) Search Amazon for Martin Freeman

Burial: Palm Grove Cemetery Monrovia Montserrado, Liberia
Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Bill McKern Record added: Aug 05, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 15158751