Excerpt from The Hellenian '95: Centennial Year Orn at Knoxville, Tennessee, March 9, Son ofjudge Ebenezer and Margaret mcclung Alexander. Entered the preparatory department of East Tennessee University in 1867, and finished the Freshman year at that institution. Entered with the Freshman Class at Yale in 1869, graduating in 1873. Was a member of Brothers in Unity (one of the two general Societies at Yale), and of the following fraternities Freshman, Gamma Nu (local) Sophomore, Phi Theta Psi (local); Junior, Psi Upsilon (chaptered); Senior, Skull and Bones. Instructor in Ancient Languages at the University of Tennessee, 1873-77 Professor of Ancient Languages there, 1877 - 86 Chairman of the Faculty, President State Teachers' Association of Tennessee, 1885-86. Resigned Professorship to accept the chair of Greek at the University of North Carolina in 1886. Granted leave of absence by the Board of Trustees in 1893 to serve as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece, Roumania, and Servia. Residence, Athens. Married October 15, 1874, at Knoxville, Tennessee, Marion Howard Smith. They have two sons and two daughters. In 1893, the University of North Carolina conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.