Henry Philip Tappan 1805–1881 Source: Wikimedia Commons About Henry Philip Tappan President of the University of Michigan People from the Same Era Hugh W. Mercer 1808–1877 military officer Fredericksburg Carl Theodor Albert Liebner 1806–1871 Protestant theologian, historian, philologist, university teacher Schkölen Albert Auguste Perdonnet 1801–1867 civil engineer, engineer, executive, railway engineer, university teacher Paris George Muir 1807–1882 lawyer Amherstburg Martin Tritschler 1814–1894 military personnel Christopher Henrik Holfeldt Tostrup 1804–1881 businessperson, timber merchant