History of Newbern, (Pulaski County) Virginia United States of America

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Thomas Walden Jordan Biographical Sketch

Thomas Walden Jordan, educator, was born at Newbern, Va., Dec. 2, 1848; son of William Jasper and Lucretia (Howe) Jordan, and grandson of Michael and Elizabeth (Trolinger) Jordan and of Joseph H. and Margaret (Feely) Howe. He was graduated from Emory and Henry college, Virginia, A.B., 1869, A.M., 1872, and from the University of Virginia in 1871, and was professor of Latin and history in Kentucky Wesleyan college, 1872-78; joint principal of Science Hill Female college, Shelbyville, Ky., 1879-81; professor of Latin and Greek at Emory and Henry college, 1882-86, and president of that college, 1886-89. He was made dean of the college and professor of Latin language and literature in the University of Tennessee in 1889, and received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Emory and Henry college in 1897.

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