death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
23 january 1917 durham , new hampshire william d. gibbs doylestown , ohio ralph d. hetzel president mechanical arts of the new hampshire college of agriculture and october 30 , 1854 december 1 , 1912 thompson 3681837515 810bc63d6e o.jpg edward thomson fairchild
 january 23 , 1917 edward thomson fairchild
edward thomson fairchild

edward thomson fairchild -lrb- october 30 , 1854 -- january 23 , 1917 -rrb- was the third president of the new hampshire college of agriculture and mechanical arts in durham , new hampshire from 1912 to january 23 , 1917 , when he died in office .
prior to serving as president of new hampshire college , fairchild served as kansas state superintendent of public instruction .
