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Humphreys, Milton Wylie

soldier, educator, philologist, author, born Sept. 15, 1844, in Greenbrier county, W. Va. He entered the confederate army in March, 1862, as first gunner of Bryan's battery; served to the end of the war as gunner, and was promoted to corporal and sergeant. He discovered and calculated the effects of rotation of earth on projectiles when eighteen years of age; and fired the last round on Sept. 19, 1864, at Winchester. He then taught school; has filled the chairs of ancient languages in the Washington and Lee university durin 1867-75; of Greek in the Vanderbilt university in 1875-83; of Latin and Greek in the university of Texas during 1883- 87; and since 1887 has filled the chair of Greek in the university of Virginia.

In 1873 he was commissioner from Virginia to the Vienna exposition; and in 1882-83 was president of the American Philological association. He is the author of Clouds of Aristophanes; Antigone of Sophocles; and numerous minor works.