Edwin Whitfield Fay

Edwin Whitfield Fay (January 1, 1865, Minden, Louisiana - February 17, 1920, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a United States philologist.

Biography[edit]

He graduated from Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1883, received the degree of Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1890, and studied at the University of Leipzig in 1891–92. In 1890-91 he was instructor in Sanskrit and classics at the University of Michigan, in 1892-93 he was acting associate professor of Latin at the University of Texas, in 1893-99 professor of Latin at Washington and Lee College, and beginning 1899 professor of Latin at the University of Texas until his death in Pittsburgh while visiting his sister.

Works[edit]

Wikisource has original works by or about:
Edwin Whitfield Fay

• A History of Education in Louisiana (1898)
• The Treatment of Rig-Veda Mantras in the Yrhya Sutras (1899)
• T. Macci Planti Mostellaria (1902)

He also published works in journals, mostly academic, but some popular.^[1]

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References[edit]

• Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Fay, Edwin Whitefield" . Encyclopedia Americana.
• William James Battle. "Fay, Edwin Whitfield". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

External links[edit]

• Edwin Whitfield Fay at the Database of Classical Scholars