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Edward Parmelee Smith

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Edward Parmelee Smith

American educator (1827–1876)

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About Edward Parmelee Smith

Edward Parmelee Smith (1827–1876) was a Congregational minister in Massachusetts before becoming Field Secretary for the United States Christian Commission during the American Civil War. In official positions with the American Missionary Association (AMA), he was a co-founder of Fisk University and other historically black colleges established in the South for the education of freedmen. Beginning in 1873, he served as commissioner of Indian Affairs under President Ulysses S. Grant. In 1875, he was selected president of Howard University, but died on a trip in Africa in 1876 before taking office.

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President of Howard University

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United States

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1827, June 1827

Died

1876, July 27, 1876

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