The following biographical information regarding Francis Asbury Swanger appeared in Herringshaw, Thomas William: "Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century", Chicago, IL: American Publishers' Association, 1902. (ref)
BIOGRAPHY: SWANGER, FRANCIS ASBURY, educator, college president, was born May 3, 1859, in Milroy, Pa. He attended the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo., and the State university of Columbia, and has had the degrees of M.S.D. and A.M. conferred upon him. For many years he taught in the district schools of Sullivan county, Mo., and has been principal of schools in Greencastle, Lancaster and Kirksville. He taught physics and language in the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo, during 1889-91; then taught mathematics until 1894; since which time he has been president of that institution of learning.
BIOGRAPHY: SWANGER, FRANCIS ASBURY, educator, college president, was born May 3, 1859, in Milroy, Pa. He attended the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo., and the State university of Columbia, and has had the degrees of M.S.D. and A.M. conferred upon him. For many years he taught in the district schools of Sullivan county, Mo., and has been principal of schools in Greencastle, Lancaster and Kirksville. He taught physics and language in the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo, during 1889-91; then taught mathematics until 1894; since which time he has been president of that institution of learning.
The following biographical information regarding Francis Asbury Swanger appeared in Herringshaw, Thomas William: "Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century", Chicago, IL: American Publishers' Association, 1902. (ref)
BIOGRAPHY: SWANGER, FRANCIS ASBURY, educator, college president, was born May 3, 1859, in Milroy, Pa. He attended the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo., and the State university of Columbia, and has had the degrees of M.S.D. and A.M. conferred upon him. For many years he taught in the district schools of Sullivan county, Mo., and has been principal of schools in Greencastle, Lancaster and Kirksville. He taught physics and language in the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo, during 1889-91; then taught mathematics until 1894; since which time he has been president of that institution of learning.
BIOGRAPHY: SWANGER, FRANCIS ASBURY, educator, college president, was born May 3, 1859, in Milroy, Pa. He attended the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo., and the State university of Columbia, and has had the degrees of M.S.D. and A.M. conferred upon him. For many years he taught in the district schools of Sullivan county, Mo., and has been principal of schools in Greencastle, Lancaster and Kirksville. He taught physics and language in the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo, during 1889-91; then taught mathematics until 1894; since which time he has been president of that institution of learning.
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