Harley, Timothy

Patrick Hues Mell (1814-1888) was one of the most influential educators and ministers in nineteenth-century Georgia. For almost fifty years he served as professor of ancient languages and chief administrator at Mercer University and the University of Georgia, and he also held leadership roles in the Southern Baptist and Georgia Baptist conventions ... Born in Liberty County on July 19, 1814, Mell received his education from local academies until his entrance into Amherst College in Massachusetts in 1833. He left Amherst two years later and served as teacher and administrator in various schools in the North before arriving at Emory College (later Emory University), then located in Oxford, Georgia. In 1841 Mell joined the faculty at Mercer University in Penfield as professor of ancient languages. In 1856 he took a similar position at the University of Georgia in Athens, becoming that school's vice chancellor in 1860. From 1878 to 1888 he was the chancellor of the university. -- "Patrick Hues Mell (1814-1888)" New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/ (Retrieved March 12, 2009).