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Oliver Elwin Wells (July 2, 1853 – December 26, 1922) was an American educator.

Born in Lamartine, Wisconsin, Wells lived in Vermont from 1858 to 1862, but moved back to Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin; Wells went to the 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 from 1891 to 1895.[1][2] Wells died in Wausau and was buried in Manawa.[3]

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  1. ^ Oliver Elwin Wells, Wisconsin Historical Society
  2. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1891, Biographical Sketch of Oliver Elwin Wells, p. 576.
  3. ^ "Prominent Educator Expires at Wausau". Stevens Point Daily Journal. December 27, 1922. p. 3. Retrieved March 15, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon


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