Anderson, James Nesbitt

James Nesbitt Anderson was the first Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the first Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Florida. He received a Bachelors of Literature from the University of Virginia in 1886 as well as a Master of Arts in 1887. He did graduate work in several institutions in the United States and Europe and received his Ph. D. in Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit from Johns Hopkins in 1894. He became professor of Greek at Florida State College (Tallahassee) in 1903 and joined the faculty of the University of the State of Florida in Lake City after passage of the Buckman Act of 1905. When the University was reorganized in 1909, he became Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He retired in 1938.

James Nesbitt Anderson was the first Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida. He was professor of Greek at Florida State College prior to joining the faculty of the University of Florida in 1905. He retired in 1938.