History of Hampshire County West Virginia United States of America

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Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter, author, was born in Hampshire county, Va., April 12, 1852; son of Israel and Juliana (Wilson) Painter, and grandson of John Painter and of Isaac N. Wilson, the former of German and the latter of Scotch descent. His boyhood was spent at West Union, now Aurora, W.Va. He was graduated with first honor from Roanoke college, Salem, Va., A.B., 1874, A.M., 1877, and from the Theological seminary, Salem, in 1878, and was ordained to the ministry of the Lutheran church in 1878. He was married, Aug. 9, 1875, to Laura Trimble Shickel of Salem. He studied in Paris and Bonn, 1882, and was appointed professor of modern languages at Roanoke college in 1882. He was a member of the Modern Language Association of America, and his paper advocating a modern classical course in American colleges was formally approved by that organization in 1884. The degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Pennsylvania college in 1895. He established the Virginia Teachers' Reading association in 1885, and is the author of:A History of Education (1886); Luther on Education (1889); History of Christian Worship (with Prof. J. W. Richard, 1891); Introduction to English Literature (1894); Introduction to American Literature (1897); A History of English Literature (1900); Lyrical Vingettes (1900); The Reformation Dawn (1901), and contributions to periodicals.

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

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