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Title
Hiram
Perkins
Teaching
Photograph
Subject
Science and Technology
Education
Teachers
Students
Astronomical observatories
Universities and colleges
Benefactors
National Register of Historic Places
Place
Delaware (Ohio)
Delaware County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
Dr
.
Hiram
Perkins
,
benefactor
and a
mathematics
professor
at
Ohio
Wesleyan
University
,
teaching
a
class
around
1905
. The
photograph
measures
4
"
x
5
"
(10.16
x
12.7
cm)
.
Perkins
donated
the
money
for the
student
observatory
in
1893
and also
financed
the
Perkins
Observatory
four
miles
south
of
campus
in
1923
.
Dr
.
Hiram
M
.
Perkins
taught
mathematics
at
Ohio
Wesleyan
University
from
1873
until
his
retirement
in
1907
.
Perkins
, his
wife
Carrie
Barkdull
Perkins
, and his
sister
gave
money
to
build
the
Perkins
Student
Observatory
near
his
home
on
West
William
Street
in
Delaware
.
Perkins
made
a
fortune
selling
hogs
to
feed
the
Union
Army
during
the
Civil
War
.
Devout
Methodists
,
Perkins
and his
wife
lived
frugally
,
giving
most
of their
assets
to
Ohio
Wesleyan
University
.
Date of Original
1905
circa
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Ohio Wesleyan University Historical Collection
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2803_2803460_003.tif
Image Height
1489
Image Width
1872
File Size
793.49 KB
Format
picture
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