Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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' f ' E218 Thomas R. Willard Thomas R. Willard graduated from Knox in 1886 and during the two following years he was instructor in the academy. After four years of study in a divinity school, hc returned to Knox and became instructor in Rhetoric and Logic. Prof. Willard was a student of Greek and German at the Uni- versity of Leipzig from 1873 to 1875. Since that time he has been Professor of Greek and German. William Edward Simonds William Edward Simonds attended Phillips Andover Academy, graduating in 1879. After graduating from Brown Uni- V'2I'SiU' in 1886, he went to Germany, study- ing at the University of Berlin and Strass- hurg. He came from Cornell, where hc wus an instructor in German, to Knox, where he occupies thc chair of English Literature. Albert Hurd Albert Hurd prepared for college at St, Lawrence Academy, Ogdenshurg, N- Y., and was graduated with high honors from Middlebury College in 18511. He has been identified with Knox College ever since. He was acting president of Knox from 1872 to 1875 and in 1897 became Professor of Latin. Charles Burton Thwing Fharles Burton 'I'hwing, Professor of Physics aml Astronomy. graduated from Northwestern University. and from 1888 to 18915 was instructor in Physics in Northwest- ern Academy. ln 1893 hc went to the Uni- versity of Bonn. Germany, after which he became instructor in Physics in the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, coming to Knox in 1896.

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George Candee Gale Gcorge Cuntlcc lizilc grzldtultcrl from Knox College in 18513 unrl rcccivctl his Mnstcr's Degree in 1895. l-lc nttcntlcel thc Law School :it thc University of Wisconsin in 1894-EIS :intl the your following: hc grncluzitccl from thc New York Law School. Profcssor Hale succccnlctl lJr.Cushinp: :is instructor in Political Scicncc in the Fall:of1900. Henry Ware Read llcnry Warm- Rcml i:r:ulnuterl from Knox in 1875 und has sincc xrrncluution been in- structor in l.ntin :mil Grcck. llc was the orgnnizer oftlic inter-Collcprintc Urntoricall Association. J. Grant Beadle l iirwnt licndlc spent n short time in Knox. :Icing Inter to thc University of llli- nois whcrc hc grzuluntccl in 1888, in thc Architectural licnnrtlnent. Hc bcconic nn instructor in St. Albun's Military Aczulcniy and Inter in Knox ns the instructor in Mc- clmnical Drawing. A. Winfield Ryan A. Winfield Ryan frraduntcd from Illinois Wt-sleynn University in i892 :mtl immediately hc became Principal ofthe Abingdon schools. lironi 1895 to ltlilll hc wus Professor of ling- lish History and Frcncli at l-lcdding College, Professor Ryan cznnc to Knox ns instructoi in History in 1900.

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Henry Thatcher Fowler llcnry 'Vhatchel' Fowler graduatecl from Yale in 1890, taking: the degree Ph. D. at Yale in 18516. In 1891 he was instructor in Norwich Academy and in 1895-G assistant in Biblical Literature at Yale. ln ISM he came to Knox to the chair of Philosophy. Herbert Vincent Neal llcrhert Vincent Neal graduated from Hates College in 1890. ln 1893, '94 and '96, at Harvard, hc tookthe degrees of A. B., A. M. and Ph. D. respectively. 1111896-'97 he wont to the University of Munich for further study. ln 12597110 became Professor of Biol- ogy at Knox. Herbert Eugene Griffith llerlzert linizenc Gritlith attended illinois Wesleyan University in 1883-'84, but later went to Northwestern lfniversity where he graduated in 1892. He made a special study of Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. in 1897 he became Professor of Chemistry at Knox. George Tucker Sellew George Tucker Scllew graduated from Rochester University in 1889. After being instructor in Mathematics in Pennsylvania State Collczc, he did graduate work in Cornell and Vale. ln 1898 hc was instructor in Mathematics at Yale and the following year came to Knox as Professor of Mathc- niaties. '