Theophilus C. Abbot

Theophilus Capen Abbot (April 29, 1826 – November 7, 1892) was president of State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) from 1862 to 1885. Abbot Hall (attached to Mason Hall) in the Red Cedar residential complex is named in his honor, as is Abbot Road in East Lansing.

In 1857, Abbot became the first principal of the Ann Arbor Union School, the first public school to serve the entire city of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Abbot Elementary School in Ann Arbor is named after him.

External links

Biographical Information (Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections)
Theophilus Capen Abbot on Arborwiki
Reports of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Michigan, Lansing, MI: Hosmer & Kerr, 1858, pp. 437-443

Academic offices
Preceded by Lewis R. Fiske	President of Michigan Agricultural College 1862–1885	Succeeded by Edwin Willits

Presidents of Michigan State University

Williams • Fiske • Abbot • Willits • Clute • Gorton • Snyder • Kedzie • Friday • Butterfield • Shaw • Hannah • Adams • Wharton • Harden • Mackey • DiBiaggio • Guyer • McPherson • Simon

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Name	Abbot, Theophilus C.
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Date of birth	April 29, 1826
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Date of death	November 7, 1892
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