Joseph Carter Corbin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Carter Corbin

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1833

Place of Birth: Chillicothe, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 09-Jan-1911

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Joseph Carter Corbin (March 26, 1833 – January 9, 1911) was an educator from Ohio and Arkansas.
He was a founder and the first principal at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff from 1875 until 1902.
Before the end of slavery, he was a journalist, teacher, and conductor on the Underground Railroad in Ohio and Kentucky.
After the American Civil War (1861-1865) ended slavery, he moved to Arkansas and then to Missouri where he continued to teach.
From 1873 to 1874 he was superintendent of public schools in Arkansas.
He ended his career in education spending a decade as principal of Merrill High School in Pine Bluff.