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Robert Hamilton Bishop Jr.

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Robert Hamilton Bishop Jr.

Birth
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Death
5 Jul 1890 (aged 74)
Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.4958289, Longitude: -84.7293479
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Son of Miami University's first president, Robert Hamilton Bishop and Ann Ireland Bishop. One of two members of the first graduating class of the theological seminary located in Hanover, Indiana which later became Chicago's McCormick Theological Seminary. Professor of Latin at Miami University for more than 50 years. Known by students as "Old Bobby." Husband of Eliza Lyons Bishop. He died in the family home (now demolished) on High Street in Oxford, Ohio that housed three generations of the Bishop family.
Son of Miami University's first president, Robert Hamilton Bishop and Ann Ireland Bishop. One of two members of the first graduating class of the theological seminary located in Hanover, Indiana which later became Chicago's McCormick Theological Seminary. Professor of Latin at Miami University for more than 50 years. Known by students as "Old Bobby." Husband of Eliza Lyons Bishop. He died in the family home (now demolished) on High Street in Oxford, Ohio that housed three generations of the Bishop family.


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