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View Tree for Dr. David Horace BishopDr. David Horace Bishop (b. October 20, 1870, d. January 1963)

David Horace Bishop (son of Benjamin William Shields Bishop and Julia Ann Goodykoontz)1 was born October 20, 1870 in Newburne, Virginia1, and died January 1963 in Oxford, Mississippi1. He married Mary Hartwell Somerville on January 14, 1914 in University, Mississippi1, daughter of Thomas Hugh Somerville and Ella Vasser.

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John Pilkington's collection of Stark Young letters spells his birthplace "Newborn." I have kept it "Newburne" on the "Family Page" because that comes from the "Descendants of John Bishop" book, and it appears he had some input into that.

Emory and Henry College, A.B., 1891; Vanderbilt Univ., A.M. 1897. Assistant in English, Vanderbilt Univ., 1897-98. Prof. of English and History, Polytechnic Coll., Fort Worth, Texas, 1898-99. Prof. of English, Mississippi Coll., Jackson, Mississippi, 1900-04. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Methodist. Member, American Modern Language Assoc., American Philological Assoc. Overseas in World War I with the Y.M.C.A.; lecture secretary for the camps in the United Kingdom stationed in London; then Acting Director of instructions in English in the A.E.F., Paris. Prof. of English in the A.E.F. University, Beaune, France. Independent politically. Remained at the University of Mississippi for more than fifty years, during which time he served as dean of the graduate school, vice-chancellor, and dean of the faculty. Special interest in Shakespeare and Wordsworth.

More About David Horace Bishop:
Occupation: Teacher.1

More About David Horace Bishop and Mary Hartwell Somerville:
Marriage: January 14, 1914, University, Mississippi.1

Children of David Horace Bishop and Mary Hartwell Somerville are:
  1. Ella Vasser Bishop.
  2. +Mary Hartwell Bishop.
  3. +Martha Somerville Bishop.
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