Charles King (academic)

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Charles King (1789–1867) succeeded Nathaniel Fish Moore to become Columbia's ninth president. He had earlier been a newspaper publisher and was the son of one-time trustee Rufus King.

His daughter, Mary Alsop King Waddington, became a writer.

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Preceded by Nathaniel Fish Moore

President of Columbia College 1849 – 1863

Succeeded by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard