Wheeler, Benjamin Ide. President of the University of California, 1899-1919. Born at Randolph, MA, 1854. Brown University A. B. 1875, A. M. 1878. University Heidelberg, Ph. D. 1885; LL. D. from nine colleges and universities. Instructor Latin and Greek, Brown University, 1879-81; instructor German, Harvard, 1885-86; acting professor classical philology, 1886-87; professor comparative philology, 1887-88, Greek and comparative philology, 1888-89, Cornell University. Professor Greek literature, American school of classical studies, Athens, 1895-96; Roosevelt professor, University of Berlin, 1909-10. Author: "The Greek Noun Accent," "Analogy in Language," "Introduction to the History of Language," "Organization of Higher Education in the United States," "Life of Alexander the Great."

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