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WILSON (1856— )  , American educationist, was born in Staunton, Virginia, on the 28th of December 1856 . He graduated at Princeton in 1879, studied law at the University of Virginia in 1879—188o, practised law in Atlanta in 1882—1883, and received the degree of Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1886, his thesis being on Congressional Government (1885; and often reprinted) . He was associate professor of ,history and political economy at Bryn Mawr in 1885—1888 and at Wesleyan University in 1888—1890; professor of jurisprudence and political economy at Princeton in 1890-1895, of jurisprudence in 1895—1897, and subsequently of jurisprudence and politics; and in 1902 he became president of Princeton University, being the first layman to hold that office . He retired in r910, and was elected Democratic governor of New Jersey . His administration of the University was marked by the introduction of the "preceptorial" system, by the provision of dormitories and college eating-halls for members of the lower classes, and by the development of the graduate school .