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Beadle, William Henry Harrison
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| lived:
| (1838–1915)
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| biography:
| Educator, born in Liberty township, Parke Co, Indiana, USA. He studied civil engineering at the University of Michigan and rose to the rank of brevet brigadier-general during the Civil War. He went to the Dakota Territory (1869), and as surveyor-general for that area, he put all his efforts towards the judicious and cautious use of the public school lands. He wrote the education article in the South Dakota state constitution, and was president of the Madison State Normal School (1889–1906). South Dakota placed his statue in the US Capitol. |
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