George Edgar (academic)
George Mathews Edgar was the President of the Seminary West of the Suwannee River, in Tallahassee, Florida, an institution which eventually became Florida State University. He served in that office from 1887 to 1892. Edgar first called the West Florida Seminary "Florida State University" during Commencement in June 1891. He was also president of the Arkansas Industrial University from 1884–1887. He later taught at the University of Alabama and Occidental College in California.
Edgar was born March 1, 1837, at Union, Virginia, and graduated fifth in his class from Virginia Military Institute in 1856. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He was married to Rebecca Fry, and they had six children. Edgar died at Paris, Kentucky on October 18, 1913.
