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Patterson, James Kennedy

educator, college president, was born March 26, 1833, in Glasgow, Scotland. He entered the Hanover college, Indiana, in 1851, and in course received the degrees of B. A., A. M. and Ph. D. He has attained success in educational work; for three years was principal of the Greenville Presbyterian academy, Ky.; was professor of languages, history and metaphysics in various institutions; and since 1869 has been president of the States college of Kentucky, which has been built up mainly by his efforts. He has been a delegate from Kentucky to the international congress of geographical sciences at Paris in 1875; and a delegate to the British association for the Advancement of Science at Leeds in 1890; and is a member of numerous scientific bodies.