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Photographer: Bentley Historical Library
Caption: Top panel, lower right image
Additional Description: Henry Philip Tappan, UM's first president, was a brilliant eduator and eloquent speaker who fired the students' enthusiasm. The regents, antagonized by his arrogant manner and liberal approach to religion, fired him in 1863 despite vigorous public protest. President Angell later said Tappan was "the largest figure of a man ever to appear on the campus, and, he was stung to death by gnats!"
Submitted: February 24, 2020, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p510909
File Size: 6.383 Megabytes

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