Joseph Gibson Hoyt
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Joseph Gibson Hoyt (January 19, 1815 – November 26, 1862) was the first chancellor and a professor of
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(then named Washington Institute in St. Louis) from 1858 to 1862. Born in
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in 1815, Hoyt received his undergraduate education at
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, where he was a member of
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. After Hoyt's graduation from Yale in 1840, he served as an instructor in mathematics and
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at Phillips Exeter Academy from 1840 to 1858, before taking up his post at Washington University. In 1862, Hoyt died in
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at the age of 47. Hoyt Hall, a dormitory at Phillips Exeter Academy, is named for Hoyt. A large plaque on the building reads, "In memory of Joseph Gibson Hoyt, the great teacher."


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