Telfair Hodgson
Telfair Hodgson | |
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| Born | March 14, 1840 Columbia, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | September 11, 1893 (aged 53) Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University General Theological Seminary |
| Occupation(s) | Episcopal priest, academic administrator |
| Spouse | Frances Glen Potter |
| Children | 2 sons (including Telfair Hodgson Jr.), 1 daughter |
| Relatives | Benjamin F. Cheatham (daughter-in-law's father) |
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| Allegiance |  Confederate States |
| Service |  Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank | Chaplain |
| Unit | 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment |
| Wars | American Civil War |
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Telfair Hodgson (March 14, 1840 – September 11, 1893) was an American Episcopal priest and academic administrator. He was the dean of the Theological Department at Sewanee: The University of the South from 1878 to 1893, and vice chancellor from 1879 to 1890. He was a co-founder and the managing editor of The Sewanee Review.
Early life
Telfair Hodgson was born on March 14, 1840, in Columbia, Virginia.[1] He attended Princeton University, where he joined the Kappa Alpha Society and graduated in 1859. He entered the General Theological Seminary in New York City.[1]
Career
At the outbreak of the
Hogdson worked as a professor of philosophy at the University of Alabama from 1872 to 1873. He was the assistant rector of Christ's Church in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1874, and the rector of Trinity Church in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1874–1878.[1][2][4] Some of his sermons were about the Confederate fallen.[5] In 1876 he gave Sewanee: The University of the South $10,000 to build a library; it was the first building in Sewanee to be constructed of stone.[6]
Theological education had been a growing concern at Sewanee since it began admitting students in 1868, and shortly thereafter it merged with the Sewanee Training and Divinity School. It had no dean of theology until Hodgson was hired as dean in 1878.[7] He served as dean until 1893, and also served as vice chancellor from 1879 to 1890.[1][3] He supported the construction of Thompson Union and Convocation Hall.[3]
When William Peterfield Trent founded The Sewanee Review in 1892, Hodgson became its financial backer and managing editor. He took care of the financial affairs of the journal so that Trent could concentrate on its literary content.[2][8]
Personal life, death and legacy
Hodgson married Frances Glen Potter, the daughter of a slave-owning planter from Savannah, Georgia.[9] They had two sons, Telfair Hodgson Jr. and J. H. P. Hodgson, and a daughter.[1]
Hodgson died on September 11, 1893, in Sewanee, Tennessee.[1][10] His son Telfair Hodgson Jr. was the treasurer of the University of the South from 1908 to 1949.[11]
The Sewanee Review is the oldest continuously published literary quarterly in the United States.[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Rev. Telfair Hodgson". The Tennessean. Sewanee. September 12, 1893. p. 6. Retrieved May 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ JSTOR 26400458.
- ^ a b c "Previous Vice-Chancellors". Sewanee: The University of the South. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- ^ "The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee". The Churchman: 160. August 7, 1886.
- OCLC 23296422. Retrieved June 15, 2018 – via WorldCat.
- ^ Taylor, Dick, ed. (1932). "Telfair Hodgson". Cap and Gown. Sewanee: The University of the South. p. 68.
- JSTOR 42974737.
- JSTOR 27530519
- JSTOR 40576904.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sewanee Review", Johns Hopkins University Press, retrieved January 31, 2009
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