Fifth of six children born to Sarah Catherine (Wise) and John Thomas Tavenner.
Husband of (1st) Lillian E. Smith and (2nd) Anne Hildegarde Wulfing.
Father of one child from (2nd) marriage.
Occupation: college professor (Ph.D.)
The following excerpt was found at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/vrr/crabb5.shtml:
The Historical Background of Peabody College, Alfred Leland Crabb
Reprinted from Crabb, Alfred Leland. The Historical Background of Peabody College.
Nashville: George Peabody College for Teachers, 1941.
...President Stearns brought with him two teachers, both from Massachusetts, Miss Julia Sears and Miss Emma Cutter. Both were products of Bridgewater in a day when that institution led in the training of teachers. Miss Sears remained thirty-two years, retiring in 1907. A professorship in the teaching of mathematics, partly endowed by her gift, bears her name today...
...J. W. Brister was professor of mathematics from 1903 to 1911. Eugene Tavenner was assistant professor of Latin from 1904 to 1911, and George Herbert Clarke was professor of English literature during the same period. These probably exerted the most influence on the college in particular and Southern education in general.
(The following information was contributed by Cynthia Buskirk)
Excerpt from an article in: West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia Vol. 21:
p. 4621: TAVENNER, Eugene, classical philologist at Washington University, St. Louis, [Missouri] was born in Parkersburg. He was a descendant of Col. Thomas Tavenner, one of the earlier settlers of the Ohio Valley for whom Tavennerville, now a part of Parkersburg, was named.
Dr. Tavenner was educated at Parkersburg High School, received his A. B. at Peabody and his A. M. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He taught at Peabody and Middle Tennessee Normal School before joining the Washington University faculty in 1919. He was editor-in-Chief of the "Classical Journal" after 1935. Dr. Tavenner specialized in Roman religion and magic.
Husband of (1st) Lillian E. Smith and (2nd) Anne Hildegarde Wulfing.
Father of one child from (2nd) marriage.
Occupation: college professor (Ph.D.)
The following excerpt was found at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/vrr/crabb5.shtml:
The Historical Background of Peabody College, Alfred Leland Crabb
Reprinted from Crabb, Alfred Leland. The Historical Background of Peabody College.
Nashville: George Peabody College for Teachers, 1941.
...President Stearns brought with him two teachers, both from Massachusetts, Miss Julia Sears and Miss Emma Cutter. Both were products of Bridgewater in a day when that institution led in the training of teachers. Miss Sears remained thirty-two years, retiring in 1907. A professorship in the teaching of mathematics, partly endowed by her gift, bears her name today...
...J. W. Brister was professor of mathematics from 1903 to 1911. Eugene Tavenner was assistant professor of Latin from 1904 to 1911, and George Herbert Clarke was professor of English literature during the same period. These probably exerted the most influence on the college in particular and Southern education in general.
(The following information was contributed by Cynthia Buskirk)
Excerpt from an article in: West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia Vol. 21:
p. 4621: TAVENNER, Eugene, classical philologist at Washington University, St. Louis, [Missouri] was born in Parkersburg. He was a descendant of Col. Thomas Tavenner, one of the earlier settlers of the Ohio Valley for whom Tavennerville, now a part of Parkersburg, was named.
Dr. Tavenner was educated at Parkersburg High School, received his A. B. at Peabody and his A. M. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He taught at Peabody and Middle Tennessee Normal School before joining the Washington University faculty in 1919. He was editor-in-Chief of the "Classical Journal" after 1935. Dr. Tavenner specialized in Roman religion and magic.
Fifth of six children born to Sarah Catherine (Wise) and John Thomas Tavenner.
Husband of (1st) Lillian E. Smith and (2nd) Anne Hildegarde Wulfing.
Father of one child from (2nd) marriage.
Occupation: college professor (Ph.D.)
The following excerpt was found at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/vrr/crabb5.shtml:
The Historical Background of Peabody College, Alfred Leland Crabb
Reprinted from Crabb, Alfred Leland. The Historical Background of Peabody College.
Nashville: George Peabody College for Teachers, 1941.
...President Stearns brought with him two teachers, both from Massachusetts, Miss Julia Sears and Miss Emma Cutter. Both were products of Bridgewater in a day when that institution led in the training of teachers. Miss Sears remained thirty-two years, retiring in 1907. A professorship in the teaching of mathematics, partly endowed by her gift, bears her name today...
...J. W. Brister was professor of mathematics from 1903 to 1911. Eugene Tavenner was assistant professor of Latin from 1904 to 1911, and George Herbert Clarke was professor of English literature during the same period. These probably exerted the most influence on the college in particular and Southern education in general.
(The following information was contributed by Cynthia Buskirk)
Excerpt from an article in: West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia Vol. 21:
p. 4621: TAVENNER, Eugene, classical philologist at Washington University, St. Louis, [Missouri] was born in Parkersburg. He was a descendant of Col. Thomas Tavenner, one of the earlier settlers of the Ohio Valley for whom Tavennerville, now a part of Parkersburg, was named.
Dr. Tavenner was educated at Parkersburg High School, received his A. B. at Peabody and his A. M. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He taught at Peabody and Middle Tennessee Normal School before joining the Washington University faculty in 1919. He was editor-in-Chief of the "Classical Journal" after 1935. Dr. Tavenner specialized in Roman religion and magic.
Husband of (1st) Lillian E. Smith and (2nd) Anne Hildegarde Wulfing.
Father of one child from (2nd) marriage.
Occupation: college professor (Ph.D.)
The following excerpt was found at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/vrr/crabb5.shtml:
The Historical Background of Peabody College, Alfred Leland Crabb
Reprinted from Crabb, Alfred Leland. The Historical Background of Peabody College.
Nashville: George Peabody College for Teachers, 1941.
...President Stearns brought with him two teachers, both from Massachusetts, Miss Julia Sears and Miss Emma Cutter. Both were products of Bridgewater in a day when that institution led in the training of teachers. Miss Sears remained thirty-two years, retiring in 1907. A professorship in the teaching of mathematics, partly endowed by her gift, bears her name today...
...J. W. Brister was professor of mathematics from 1903 to 1911. Eugene Tavenner was assistant professor of Latin from 1904 to 1911, and George Herbert Clarke was professor of English literature during the same period. These probably exerted the most influence on the college in particular and Southern education in general.
(The following information was contributed by Cynthia Buskirk)
Excerpt from an article in: West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia Vol. 21:
p. 4621: TAVENNER, Eugene, classical philologist at Washington University, St. Louis, [Missouri] was born in Parkersburg. He was a descendant of Col. Thomas Tavenner, one of the earlier settlers of the Ohio Valley for whom Tavennerville, now a part of Parkersburg, was named.
Dr. Tavenner was educated at Parkersburg High School, received his A. B. at Peabody and his A. M. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He taught at Peabody and Middle Tennessee Normal School before joining the Washington University faculty in 1919. He was editor-in-Chief of the "Classical Journal" after 1935. Dr. Tavenner specialized in Roman religion and magic.
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