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Ovid Butler (February 7, 1801 – July 12, 1881) was an attorney and later social activist; his ambition was to establish a Christian university in the Indianapolis, Indiana, area where he lived. He accomplished his goal on November 1, 1855, with the opening of North Western Christian University. In 1877 the school’s name was changed to Butler University.
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