History of Clarke County Mississippi United States of America

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George Frederick Mellen, educator, was born in Clarke county, Miss., June 27, 1859; son of Seth Smith and Susan (Bush) Mellen, natives of Massachusetts. His father was principal of a preparatory school for boys at Pierces Spring, Miss., and received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Alabama in 1883. George Frederick was prepared for college by his father and was graduated from the University of Alabama, A.M., 1879. He was honor man of his class and won two prizes given for best examinations in Anglo-Saxon and in Shakespeare by the Early English Text and the New Shakespeare societies of Great Britain. He taught in Livingston and Gainesville, Ala., 1879-85, and was married, July 7, 1885, to Mary B., daughter of Cyrus B. and Eliza (Van de Graaffe) Baldwin, of Monteagle, Tenn. For two semesters, 1885-86, he attended the University of Leipzig where he studied Latin, Greek and pedagogics. Ill-health compelled him to return home, and he had charge of Marengo institute for girls, Demopolis, Ala., 1887-91. He organized Marengo Military academy, in which he taught the classics; 1887-90: studied in Leipzig and received from the university the degree of Ph.D. in 1890; was associate professor of Greek and French in the University of Tennessee, 1891-92, and full professor, 1892-1900, when he resigned to devote himself to literary work and historical research. He was elected a member of the American Philological association, of the Modern Language Association of America, and of the Irving club of Knoxville, Tenn. He is the author of: Errors concerning Higher Education in the United States, and their Remedies (1890); The University and the City (1892); monographs on famous Southern editors: George D. Prentice and John M. Daniel; and frequent contributions to periodicals.

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

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