Oliver Elwin Wells

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Oliver Elwin Wells (July 2, 1853 – 1922) was an American educator.

Born in Lamartine, Wisconsin, Wells lived in Vermont 1858-1862, but moved back to Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin; Wells went to University of Chicago, but did not graduate. He moved to Waupaca County, Wisconsin where he was principal of a school in Manawa, Wisconsin and then moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he was a superintendent of public schools. Then he moved to Wausau, Wisconsin, where he help set up the Wausau Normal School. He served as the Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction 1891–1895.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Oliver Elwin Wells, Wisconsin Historical Society
  2. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1891,' Biographical Sketch of Oliver Elwin Wells, pg. 576


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