History of Benton, (Lowndes County) Alabama United States of America

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David Cordon Lyon Biography

David Cordon Lyon, orientalist, was born at Benton, Ala., May 24, 1852; son of Isaac and Sarah Caroline (Arnold) Lyon. He was a student at William Jewell college, Mo., 1869-72; at Howard college, Ala., 1872-75, receiving his A.B. degree from Howard college in 1875. While an undergraduate he had charge of the business interests of the Alabama Baptist, a religious weekly, and held this office one year after graduation. He was a student at the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, 1876-79. He then pursued special courses in Semitic philology at the University of Leipzig, 1879 to 1882, receiving the degree of Ph.D. in the latter year. In 1882 he accepted the Hollis professorship of divinity in Harvard university, and was also made curator of the newly established Semitic Museum in 1891. He was elected a member of the American Oriented society in 1882 and its recording secretary in 1886, serving in this capacity for nine years. He was corresponding secretary of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1894-99. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Harvard in 1901. His works include: Keilschrifttexte Sargons K?nigs von Assyrien (Leipzig, 1883); An Assyrian Manual for the Use of Beginners in the Study of the Assyrian Language (1886; new ed., 1892).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor