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'''Edward Mayes''' (December 15, 1846 – August 9, 1917) was the Chancellor of the [[University of Mississippi]] from 1887 to 1891.<ref name="olemiss">[http://www.olemiss.edu/info/chan/MAYES.html Ole Miss biography] {{ |
'''Edward Mayes''' (December 15, 1846 – August 9, 1917) was the Chancellor of the [[University of Mississippi]] from 1887 to 1891.<ref name="olemiss">[http://www.olemiss.edu/info/chan/MAYES.html Ole Miss biography] {{wayback|url=http://www.olemiss.edu/info/chan/MAYES.html |date=20100531203604 }}</ref><ref name="memoirs">''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi (Vol. 2 Part 1)'', Firebird Press, 1999, p. 423 [http://books.google.com/books?id=eMX-Snn_mEsC&pg=PA423&dq=%22edward+mayes%22&hl=en&ei=eURLTJnlI9n8sQa5wKxG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCQQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22edward%20mayes%22&f=false]</ref> |
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Edward Mayes (December 15, 1846 – August 9, 1917) was the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1887 to 1891.[1][2]
Biography
He was born in Hinds County, Mississippi, in 1846.[1][2] He attended Bethany College, then served as a private in the American Civil War.[1][2] He graduated from University of Mississippi in 1868.[1][2] He worked as a lawyer in Coffeeville and Oxford.[1] In 1877, he taught law at University of Mississippi.[1] He served as its Chancellor from 1887 to 1891.[1] He then taught law at Millsaps College.[1] He died in Jackson, Mississippi, aged 71.[3]
Bibliography
- History of Education in Mississippi
- Lucius Q.C. Lamar: his life, times, and speeches. 1825-1893 (1896)
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