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Hume, Thomas, born in Portsmouth, Vir- Church. He published articles on various
ginia, October 21, 1836, son of Thomas topics In the press of the country, and was
Hume. His mother, Mary Anne Gregory, was largely instrumental in the establishment of
a daughter of Dr. Richard Baynham Greg- the professorship of English in the Univer-
ory, of Gloucester county, Virginia. On the sity of Virginia. In July, 1885, Dr. Hume was
paternal side he is descended from the Rev. elected professor of English language and
Thomas Plume, a Presbyterian minister of literature in the University of North Caro-
Edinburgh, who came to Virginia and joined ^^"^' where he organized the department of
hi;-, uncle, the Rev. Robert Dickson, of Prin-
cess Anne county. Dr Hume received his
in-eparation at the Virginia Collegiate Insti-
tute in Portsmouth, Virginia, from which he
came to Richmond College, where he was
graduated in 1855 with the degree of Bach-
elor of Arts, receiving afterward the degree
of Master of Arts. He then entered the
University of Virginia, where he remained
three years, being graduated therefrom in
1059 in several schools. Upon leaving the
university he taught for several years and
soon entered the ministry of the Baptist
church. He subsequently received the de-
gree of Doctor of Divinitv, from Richmond
English philology and literature, and did
much to promote the knowledge of the mod-
ern methods of teaching English. He then
became professor of English literature
in that university. For four years he was
lecturer on English philology and literature
in the national summer school for teachers
at Glens Falls, New York, and for sev-
eral years gave courses of lectures before
literary societies, colleges, etc., on educa-
tional and literary topics. He was a member
of the Washington Society of the University
of Virginia, and is a member of the Modern
Language Association of America. He was
one of the organizers of the Young Men's
College, and of Doctor of' Laws from Wake ^'^'stian Association at the University of
Forest College, North Carolina. He be-
came a member of the Third Regiment, Vir-
ginia Infantry, of which he was made chap-
lain, but was transferred to Petersburg dur-
ing the siege of that place. After the war
he became principal of the Petersburg Clas
X'irginia, the first College Young Men's
Christian Association to be established, and
drafted its constitution. Dr. Hume was a
friend of the distinguished English scholar,
Thomas R. Price, and takes great delight in
his higher English work. He has written
sical Institute, where he took a deep interest '"^^^P^ ^ ^he Study of Hamlet," and pub-
ir. the teaching of English, philology and "'^^ ^^^"^ °" '"^^^ ^""'^^ Teachmgs of
literature. He traveled abroad, and on his Shakespeare," "'John Milton's Religious
return home became principal of the Roan- <^^P'"'0"s," "The Literature of the Bible,"
oke Female College at Danville, Virginia "'^ ^""^ '^^""^^ various other notable contri-
and during a part of the same period was' ^^"■*'°"' ^° literature. October 31, 1878, Dr.
also the pastor of the First Baptist Church
of that city. From 1876 until 1885 he re-
sided in Norfolk, and was professor of Eng-
lish and Latin in the Norfolk College and
for four years pastor of the First Baptist Richmond, was descended from early Eng-
Hume married Anne Louise Whitescarver,
and to them were born four children. He
died July 15, 1912.
Chamberlayne, John Hampden, born in
