Richard Edwards (educator)
Richard Edwards | |
|---|---|
| Third President of Blackburn College | |
| In office 1891–1893 | |
| Preceded by | Edwin L. Hurd |
| Succeeded by | James E. Rogers |
| Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
| In office 1887–1891 | |
| Governor | Richard J. Oglesby Joseph W. Fifer |
| Preceded by | Henry Raab |
| Succeeded by | Henry Raab |
| Second President of Illinois State Normal University | |
| In office 1862–1876 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Edward Hovey |
| Succeeded by | Edwin C. Hewett |
| First principal of the Salem Normal School | |
| In office 1854–1857 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Alpheus Crosby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 23, 1822 Ceredigion, Cardiganshire, Wales |
| Died | March 7, 1908 (aged 85) Normal, Illinois, US |
Richard Edwards (December 23, 1822 – March 7, 1908) was a Welsh-American educator from Ceredigion (Cardiganshire). Emigrating to the United States with his family when he was a child, Edwards studied at the State Normal School in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He then led a number of schools: the Boys' High School in Salem, Massachusetts (1853–1854); the State Normal School in Salem (1854–1857); the Normal School in St. Louis, Missouri (1857–1861); Illinois State Normal University (1862–1876); and Blackburn University(1891–1893). From 1887 to 1891, he served as the Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction.