Q:Facts: - profession: theologian , college president - death place: petersburg , virginia - title: president of hampden -- sydney college - order: 11th - successor: james r. thornton -lrb- acting -rrb- - death date: 9 august 1913 - predecessor: john m. p. atkinson - spouse: elisabeth read - term end: june 15 , 1904 - children: richard mcilwaine elisabeth read mcilwaine martha mcilwaine frazer - term start: june 13 , 1883 - birth date: 18 may 1834 - name: richard mcilwaine - image: richard mcilwaine.png - birth place: petersburg , virginia - religion: presbyterian - alma mater: b.a. rhodes college l.l. d. davidson college hampden -- sydney college union theological seminary d.d. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard mcilwaine -lrb- educator -rrb- .
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richard mcilwaine -lrb- may 18 , 1835 -- august 9 , 1913 -rrb- was the eleventh president of hampden -- sydney college from 1883 to 1904 .