Edwin Whitfield Fay

Edwin Whitfield Fay (January 1, 1865, Minden, Louisiana - February 17, 1920, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a United States philologist.

Biography

He graduated from Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1883, received the degree of Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1890, and studied at the University of Leipzig in 1891–92. In 1890-91 he was instructor in Sanskrit and classics at the University of Michigan, in 1892-93 he was acting associate professor of Latin at the University of Texas, in 1893-99 professor of Latin at Washington and Lee College, and beginning 1899 professor of Latin at the University of Texas until his death in Pittsburgh while visiting his sister.

Works

• A History of Education in Louisiana (1898)
• The Treatment of Rig-Veda Mantras in the Yrhya Sutras (1899)
• T. Macci Planti Mostellaria (1902)

He also published works in journals, mostly academic, but some popular.

References

• Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Fay, Edwin Whitefield" . Encyclopedia Americana.
• William James Battle. "Fay, Edwin Whitfield". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

External links

• Edwin Whitfield Fay at the Database of Classical Scholars