History of Beech Grove, (Cheatham County) Tennessee United States of America

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Alfred Hume, educator, was born at Beech Grove, Tenn., Dec. 1, 1866; son of William and Mary (Leland) Hame; grandson of Alfred and Louisa Harvard (Bradford) Hume and of William Archibald and Margaret Warren (Ish) Leland; and a lineal descendant from William Hume, who was born in Scotland, educated at the University of Edinburgh, and came to America in 1801 as a missionary of the secession Presbyterian church, going first to Kentucky and soon after to Nashville, Tenn., where he lived as preacher and teacher. Alfred Hume attended the Nashville public schools, graduating with first honor from Fogg high school in 1883. He was graduated from Vanderbilt university, B.E., 1887, C.E., 1888 and D.Sc., 1890. He was a fellow in the department of civil engineering, Vanderbilt university, 1887-90, and in the latter year accepted the chair of mathematics in the University of Mississippi. He also practised surveying and engineering. He was married, Dec. 23, 1891, to Mary Hill Ritchey, of MeMinnville, Tenn. He was elected a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1890; of the Engineering Association of the South in 1890, and of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education in 1894. He is the author of Some Physical Constants (I890), and numerous articles in eduecational and mathematical publications.

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

History of Beech Grove, (Cheatham County) Tennessee

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