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Dr Robert Burwell Fulton

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Dr Robert Burwell Fulton

Birth
Sumter County, Alabama, USA
Death
29 May 1919 (aged 70)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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St. Peter's, Section 1
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Another University of Mississippi alumnus, Robert Burwell Fulton served as chancellor longer than any of his predecessors and deserves credit for establishing the School of Engineering (1900), the School of Education (1903) and the School of Medicine (1903). Born in 1849 in Sumter County, Ala., Fulton graduated with honors from The University of Mississippi in 1869. After a teaching stint in Alabama and New Orleans, Fulton returned to Oxford in 1871 as assistant professor of physics and astronomy. He achieved full professor status in 1875 and was the first director of the Mississippi Weather Service. His leadership was largely responsible for the organization of the National Association of State Universities; he served as its president for five consecutive years. During Fulton's tenure, football was introduced to the university (1893), and the university's first printed annual was published (1897). Its name, The Ole Miss, soon became synonymous with The University of Mississippi.

Source: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/chancellor/inauguration/chancellors.html

His mother is Elizabeth Kincey Frierson (9 Nov 1818 - 2 Jan 1855)

Also buried in this area are:
Louisa Frances Garland (1812 - 1889)
Alice Virginia Garland (1856 - 1872)
Louise Garland Fulton (1873 - 1874)
Landon Garland Fulton (1872 - 1874)
Robert Garland Fulton (1875 - 1877)
Annie Rose Garland Fulton (1843 - 1893)
William Lawrence Fulton (____ - 1883)
Mary Alice Haley Fulton (1885 - 1971)
Carrie M. Garland Thompson (1852 - 1880)
Another University of Mississippi alumnus, Robert Burwell Fulton served as chancellor longer than any of his predecessors and deserves credit for establishing the School of Engineering (1900), the School of Education (1903) and the School of Medicine (1903). Born in 1849 in Sumter County, Ala., Fulton graduated with honors from The University of Mississippi in 1869. After a teaching stint in Alabama and New Orleans, Fulton returned to Oxford in 1871 as assistant professor of physics and astronomy. He achieved full professor status in 1875 and was the first director of the Mississippi Weather Service. His leadership was largely responsible for the organization of the National Association of State Universities; he served as its president for five consecutive years. During Fulton's tenure, football was introduced to the university (1893), and the university's first printed annual was published (1897). Its name, The Ole Miss, soon became synonymous with The University of Mississippi.

Source: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/chancellor/inauguration/chancellors.html

His mother is Elizabeth Kincey Frierson (9 Nov 1818 - 2 Jan 1855)

Also buried in this area are:
Louisa Frances Garland (1812 - 1889)
Alice Virginia Garland (1856 - 1872)
Louise Garland Fulton (1873 - 1874)
Landon Garland Fulton (1872 - 1874)
Robert Garland Fulton (1875 - 1877)
Annie Rose Garland Fulton (1843 - 1893)
William Lawrence Fulton (____ - 1883)
Mary Alice Haley Fulton (1885 - 1971)
Carrie M. Garland Thompson (1852 - 1880)

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