James Irvine (educator)

James Irvine (1793–1835) was an educator and Presbyterian minister who served as the second president of Ohio University, located in Athens, Ohio, from 1822 to 1824.

[1] Irvine, a native of Washington County, New York, graduated from Union College, and was hired as a professor of mathematics at Ohio University in 1821.

He became university president in 1822 and served only a year before taking a leave of absence due to poor health.

Irvine never returned from his leave and resigned in 1824.

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