Richard McIlwaine (educator)

Richard McIlwaine
11th President of
Hampden–Sydney College
In office
June 13, 1883 – June 15, 1904
Preceded byJohn M. P. Atkinson
Succeeded byJames R. Thornton (Acting)
Personal details
Born(1834-05-18)May 18, 1834
Petersburg, Virginia
DiedAugust 9, 1913(1913-08-09) (aged 79)
Petersburg, Virginia
SpouseElisabeth Read
ChildrenRichard McIlwaine
Elisabeth Read McIlwaine
Martha McIlwaine Frazer
Alma materB.A. Hampden–Sydney College
Union Theological Seminary
D.D. Rhodes College
L.L. D. Davidson College
ProfessionTheologian, college president
Signature
Richard McIlwaine (center) and nephew Henry Read McIlwaine (left) in 1897 Kaleidoscope

Richard McIlwaine (May 18, 1835 – August 9, 1913) was the eleventh President of Hampden–Sydney College from 1883 to 1904. He wrote an autobiographical account of his life experiences titled Memories of Three Score Years and Ten.[1]

  1. ^ McIlwaine, Richard (1908). "Memories of Three Score Years and Ten".