Edwin Whitfield Fay
American philologist (1865–1920)
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Edwin Whitfield Fay (January 1, 1865 – February 17, 1920) was an American philologist, best known for his contributions to the study of Latin and Sanskrit.
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| Born | January 1, 1865 Minden, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | February 17, 1920 (aged 55) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Lucy Belle Hemphill (m. 1904) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
| Thesis | The Treatment of Rig-Veda Mantras in the Grhya Sūtras (1890) |
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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]