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    John Milton Gregory (July 6, 1822 – October 19, 1898) was an American educator and the first president (regent was his official title) of the University...
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  • States, 1842–1843 John Gregory (engineer) (1806—c. 1848), English engineer and member of Franklin's Lost Expedition John Milton Gregory (1822–1898), first...
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    1867 as the site for the new school. From the beginning, President John Milton Gregory's desire to establish an institution firmly grounded in the liberal...
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    highly influential poetic style and structure popularized by John Milton. Although Milton wrote earlier poetry, his influence is largely grounded in his...
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    Commission that the law created, naming reformers Dorman Bridgman Eaton, John Milton Gregory, and Leroy D. Thoman as commissioners. The chief examiner, Silas...
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  • a professor at the University of Illinois after marrying Regent John Milton Gregory on June 18, 1879. He died in 1898. Louisa Catherine Allen was born...
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    Civil Service Commission, naming reformers Dorman Bridgman Eaton, John Milton Gregory, and Leroy D. Thoman as commissioners. The commission issued its...
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    conferring degrees. Following the establishment of the office in 1867, John Milton Gregory served as the first president, and there have been 20 presidents...
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    Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books...
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  • named; fifth and last principal teacher James Stone (1843–1863) John Milton Gregory (1864–1867) Kendall Brooks (1868–1887) Monson A. Wilcox (1887–1891)...
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