Letters in recommendation of M. W. Humphreys [manuscript], 1882.

Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832-1913

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Born in 1832, George Washington Custis Lee was the oldest of the Lees' children and had the reputation of a trouble maker as a small child. But he grew up to be a serious, and most capable young man and graduated at the top of his class from the United States Military Academy in 1854. After graduation, Custis pursued a military career. In May 1861, Custis resigned his commission in the U.S. Army shortly after Virginia voted to secede from the Union. During the Civil War he attained the rank of B...

Granberry, J. C. (John Cowper), 1829-1907.

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Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Granberry, a native of Norfolk, Va., was an itinerant preacher and a chaplain at the University of Virginia in 1861. During the Civil War he served as chaplain to several regiments in Pickett's division. In 1882 he was elected Bishop and appointed to the Vanderbilt University Board of Trustees. From the description of John Cowper Granberry papers [manuscript], 1861-1876. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647835248 ...

Sampson, John R., fl. 1882,

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Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau), 1831-1924

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Classical scholar, born in Charleston, S.C. Professor at University of Virginia, 1856-76; first professor of Greek at Johns Hopkins (1876-1915). Served in Confederate Army during Civil War; wounded in Shenandoah campaign. Founder and editor (1880-1920) of American Journal of Philology. Author of "The Historical Syntax of Classical Greek" (1900-11); "Hellasand Hesperia" (1908); "The Creed of the Old South" (1915). From the description of Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve papers, 1847-1925. (...

Boise, James Robinson, 1815-1895

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Professor of classical studies at the University of Michigan. From the description of James Robinson Boise papers, 1850-1888. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421786 ...

Lee, John M., fl. 1882,

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Merriam, Augustus C. (Augustus Chapman), 1843-1895

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Sihler, E.G. (Ernest Gottlieb), 1853-1942

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Biographical Note: Ernest G. Sihler was the first recipient of the Ph. D. in Greek (1878) awarded by The Johns Hopkins University. Sihler was professor of Latin language and literature at New York University (1892-1923) and the author of published works in classical history and philosophy. Sihler was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana Jan. 2, 1853 and graduated fron Concordia College in 1869. He studied at the Universities of Berlin and Leipzig before entering Johns Hopkins whe...

Hoyt, T. A., fl. 1882,

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Buchanan, John, 1830-1913

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College president. From the description of Papers of John Lee Buchanan, 1854-1936. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958632 ...

Joynes, Edward S. (Edward Southey), 1834-1917

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Brown, William Leroy, fl. 1882,

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Jordan, T. W., fl. 1882,

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Peters, William E. (William Elisha), 1829-1906

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Peters was a student and then a professor (1866-1902) of Latin at the University of Virginia. From the description of Latin Case Relations, 1885. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38744846 ...

Toy, Crawford Howell, 1836-1919

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Assistant to John Hart, principal of the Albemarle Female Institute, Professor of Hebrew, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1869-79. From the description of [Letter] 1856 July 21, Norfolk to [John Albert Broadus] / Crawford H. Toy. 1856. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 48225499 Professor of O.T. interpretation, 1869-1879. Resigned over his critical views of Scripture. Later on the faculty of Harvard University. From the description of [Letter] 1879 May, ...

Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894

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Josiah Dwight Whitney was born on November 23, 1819 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1839 (B.A.) and studied geology in Europe. He participated in the Lake Superior region survey (1847-1849) and several other expeditions through the 1860s. Whitney taught at Harvrd University and published several works on geology. He died in Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire on August 19, 1896. From the guide to the William Dwight Whitney family papers, 1778-1951, 1814-1912,...

Sullins, David, 1827-1918,

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Allan, William, 1837-1889

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Confederate military officer, educator. From the description of William Allan papers, 1802-1937 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25678003 William Allan (1837-1889) was a Confederate military officer and an educator. From the guide to the William Allan Papers, ., 1802-1937, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Humphreys, Milton W. (Milton Wylie), 1844-

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Humphreys was a Civil War soldier and faculty at Washington and Lee University and the University of Virginia. From the description of Letters : to Mrs. Winifred Brent Russell, 1915-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 122465527 Milton Wylie Humphreys earned his MA in 1869, from Washington College and a LLD in 1914, from Washington and Lee University, where he was a classics professor from 1866-1875. In his later years he was a professor at Vanderbilt Universi...

Jones, James, -1851.

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Blair, F. S. (Frank Simpson), 1839-1899,

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Venable, Charles S. (Charles Scott), 1827-1900

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Confederate officer, aide to Robert E. Lee, and professor of mathematics at South Carolina College (1857-1862) and at the University of Virginia following the Civil War until retirement in 1893; author of several mathematics text books; born at "Longwood", in Prince Edward County, Va.; husband of Margaret Cantey McDowell. From the description of Charles S. Venable papers, 1858-1934. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43541303 Confederate officer, aide to Rob...

Malone, Thomas H., 1834-1906

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Elliott, Wyatt M.

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