Charles William Kent (September 27, 1860 in Louisa, Virginia – October 5, 1917)[1] was a member of the Virginia Glee Club during the Glee Club 1879-1880 and 1887-1888 seasons. A graduate student in law in 1879, he befriended Woodrow Wilson,[2] and the men pledged Phi Kappa Psi together. In 1887, having received his PhD from the University of Leipzig, he joined the faculty as a licentiate instructor of English and modern languages.[3] He subsequently took a professorship of English and Modern Languages at the University of Tennessee.[1]
When the Linden Kent Memorial School of English Literature (the forerunner of the current English department at the University) was founded in 1892, Kent was its first professor.[4] He also served as editor of the Alumni Bulletin from its beginning in May 1894 through 1898. While at the University, he was a member of the Colonnade Society, the Raven Society, and Phi Beta Kappa, and was active in the Y.M.C.A..[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Charles William Kent, Professor of English Literature, University of Virginia". Alumni Bulletin XII (1): 3–11ff. January 1919. http://books.google.com/books?id=P-FKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&focus=viewport&dq=charles+william+kent+university+of+virginia&output=html.
- ↑ Berg, A. Scott (2013). Wilson. http://books.google.com/books?id=4N3EeOX0w44C&lpg=PT51&ots=yH60d7tHA1&dq=charles%20w.%20kent%20university%20of%20virginia%20glee%20club&pg=PT51#v=onepage&q=glee&f=false.
- ↑ "Instructors, Licentiates and Officers". University of Virginia annual announcements, with a catalog of the officers and students of the University of Virginia: 6. 1887-'88. http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=2005_Q4_3/uvaBook/tei/z000000161.xml;chunk.id=d8;toc.depth=1;toc.id=;brand=default;query=kent#1.
- ↑ Metcalf, John Calvin, ed (1922). The centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921. p. 197. http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=2006_01/uvaBook/tei/b000471311.xml;chunk.id=d85;toc.depth=1;toc.id=d85;brand=default;query=kent#3.