Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

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Loos, Charles Louis

educator, clergyman, college president, was born Dec. 22, 1823, in France. In 1834 he emigrated to America; has attained success in educational work, as professor in Bethany college for twenty-five years; president of the Eureka college, Illinois, and as president of the Kentucky university, which latter office he still holds. For fifty years he has been a clergyman. He founded and edited for two years The Disciple of Somerset, Pa.; was co-editor of The Christian Age of Cincinnati, Ohio; and for twenty years has been editorial writer for The Christian Standard.

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