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George Frederick Magoun (1821 – January 30 1896) a member of the Iowa Band of Congregationalist ministers was the first president of Iowa College (now Grinnell College) where he served as college president from 1865 to 1885.George Magoun was born in Bath Maine in 1821 where he attended Bath Academy before entering Bowdoin College. He graduated from Bowdoin in 1841. After Bowdoin he taught at schools in Galena Illinois and Platteville Wisconsin from 1844-1846.

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alma mater
Bowdoin College, Andover Newton Theological School
birth date
1821-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Bath Maine
death date
1896-01-30
death place
Grinnell Iowa
order in office
1st, President of Iowa College
religion
Congregational church
successor
George_Augustus_Gates, Samuel_J._Buck

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