Charles Wesley Bain Papers, 1885-1918 (bulk 1901-1910)

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Charles Wesley Bain Papers, 1885-1918 (bulk 1901-1910)

1885-1918 (bulk 1901-1910)

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Charles Wesley Bain (1864-1915) was professor of Greek at the University of South Carolina, 1898-1910, and at the University of North Carolina, 1910-1915. He was an author of textbooks and editor of classical texts. He was also a schoolmaster and teacher in the southern states before 1898. He received an M.A. in 1895 from the University of the South, graduated from the University of Virginia, and attended Colonel William Gordon McCabe's school in Virginia. The collection includes correspondence, notes, and writings of Bain, chiefly letters from southern classical scholars and other southern educators. Correspondents include Colonel William Gordon McCabe (1841-1920), founder and headmaster of the University School at Petersburg and Richmond, Va., and rector of the University of Virginia; Willis H. Bocock, professor of Greek at the University of Georgia; Eben Alexander; and Basil L. Gildersleeve (1831-1924).

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Charles Wesley Bain (1864-1915) was the son of George McK. and Willie Frances Cherry Bain of Norfolk, Va. He was educated at Colonel William Gordon McCabe's school in Virginia, was graduated from the University of Virginia, and received an M.A. from the University of the South in 1895. He taught school at Savannah, Ga.; was joint headmaster at Rugby School in Louisville, Ky.; classical master at McCabe's School in Petersburg, Va.; and headmaster at Sewannee Grammar School. He was married in 1891...