WHEELOCK, JOHN
\wˈiːlɒk], \wˈiːlɒk], \w_ˈiː_l_ɒ_k]\
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(1754-1817), was a lieutenant-colonel in the Continental army. He became president of Dartmouth College in 1779, succeeding his father. His quarrel with the trustees, culminating in 1815, led to the celebrated "Dartmouth College case."
By John Franklin Jameson