George E. Morrow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George E. Morrow

American academic

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1840

Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1900

Profession: editor, journalist, newspaper editor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

George Espy Morrow (October 19, 1840 – Mar 19, 1900) was an American academic from Ohio.
Born into a notable political family, he fought in the Civil War, then attended the University of Michigan Law School.
After a decade as a newspaper editor, he became a professor at the Iowa Agricultural College, eventually becoming chair of the College of Agriculture.
In 1877, he took a similar position at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture.
There, he maintained an experimental field now known as the Morrow Plots, a National Historic Landmark.
Morrow was president at the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College from 1895 to 1899.