William Ellison Boggs

William Ellison Boggs
President of the University of Georgia
In office 1889–1898
Preceded by	Patrick Hues Mell
Succeeded by	Walter Barnard Hill
Personal details
Born	May 12, 1838 India
Died	August 20, 1920 (aged 82) Baltimore, Maryland
Alma mater	South Carolina College, Columbia Theological Seminary

William Ellison Boggs (May 12, 1838 – August 20, 1920), born in Ahmedunggar, India, was chancellor of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States from 1889 until his resignation in 1898 (The head of the University was referred to as chancellor instead of president, from 1860 until 1932). Boggs obtained a B.A. from South Carolina College in 1859 and his Doctor of Divinity, (D.D.) from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1862. Boggs died on August 20, 1920, in Baltimore, Maryland and is buried in Waynesville, North Carolina.

He was the father of Gilbert Hillhouse Boggs, who was deeply involved with Georgia Tech's Chemistry Department.^[1]

References

1. "Inventory of the Dr. Gilbert Hillhouse Boggs Memorial Speech, 1941". Georgia Tech Archives and Records Management. Retrieved 2007-04-17.

External links

• History of the University of Georgia by Thomas Walter Reed; Frontmatter and Chapter I: The Beginnings of the University, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949
• From Ahmedunggar to Lavonia Presidents at the University of Georgia 1785-1997, University of Georgia Libraries, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library