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Purinton, Daniel Boardman

educator, college president, author, was born Feb. 15, 1850, in Reno, Va. He received a thorough education at George's Creek academy, Pennsylvania, and the university of West Virginia. He was instructor in Latin and Greek during 1873-78 in the West Virginia university; professor of logic in 1878-80; professor of mathematics. during 1880-85; of metaphysics during. 1885-89; and during 1881-89 was vice-president and acting president of that institution. He has been councilman and mayor of Morgantown, W. Va. Since 1890 he has been president of the Denison university of Granville, Ohio. He is the author of Christian Theism; and some forty pieces of published sacred music, including words.