{"id":132,"date":"2016-07-07T19:05:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T19:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2016-07-07T19:09:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T19:09:50","slug":"charles-mcmicken","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/the-graves\/charles-mcmicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles McMicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2016\/07\/mcmicken-charles-701x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Charles McMicken\" width=\"389\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2016\/07\/mcmicken-charles-701x1024.jpg 701w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2016\/07\/mcmicken-charles-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2016\/07\/mcmicken-charles-768x1122.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2016\/07\/mcmicken-charles-676x987.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Considered the \u201cFather\u201d of the University of Cincinnati, it was a bequest from McMicken in 1858 that eventually led to the founding of UC in 1870.\u00a0 Subsequently UC absorbed other Cincinnati institutions of higher learning, the oldest being the Cincinnati College that was founded in 1819, thus accounting for the founding date used today by the university.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-120 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2016\/07\/McMicken-670x1024.jpg\" alt=\"McMicken\" width=\"492\" height=\"752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2016\/07\/McMicken-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2016\/07\/McMicken-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2016\/07\/McMicken-768x1174.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2016\/07\/McMicken-676x1033.jpg 676w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/spring-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2016\/07\/McMicken.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considered the \u201cFather\u201d of the University of Cincinnati, it was a bequest from McMicken in 1858 that eventually led to the founding of UC in 1870.\u00a0 Subsequently UC absorbed other Cincinnati institutions of higher learning, the oldest being the Cincinnati College that was founded in 1819, thus accounting for the founding date used today by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-132","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Considered the \u201cFather\u201d of the University of Cincinnati, it was a bequest from McMicken in 1858 that eventually led to the founding of UC in 1870. 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