Hispanopedia WikiEdwin Whitfield Fay (January 1, 1865 – February 17, 1920) was an American philologist, best known for his contributions to the study of Latin and Sanskrit.
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.[1]
Notes
- ↑William James Battle (1931). "Fay, Edwin Whitfield". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
References
- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- William James Battle. "Fay, Edwin Whitfield". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
Further reading
- "A Gifted Linguist: Dr. Edwin Whitfield Fay – Institutional History Museum & Galleries". Institutional History Museum & Galleries. 13 October 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
External links
- Edwin Whitfield Fay at the Database of Classical Scholars
- 1865 births
- 1920 deaths
- Rhodes College alumni
- Johns Hopkins University alumni
- University of Texas at Austin faculty
- Washington and Lee University faculty
- University of Michigan faculty
- Deaths from pneumonia in Pennsylvania
- American classical philologists
- American Latinists
- American Sanskrit scholars
- People from Minden, Louisiana