The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baskervill, William Malone

​BASKERVILL, William Malone, educator, was born in Fayette county, Tenn., April 1, 1850. He received his collegiate training at Randolph-Macon college, Va., and went from there to the University of Leipsic, from which he was graduated with the degree of Ph.D. in 1880. On his return to America, he was called to the chair of Latin and French, in Wofford college, S.C., from which he had received the degree of A.M. in 1878; and in 1881, he was elected adjunct-professor of the English language and literature at Vanderbilt university; during that collegiate year he also had charge of the French and German; the following year he was made full professor, and devoted himself exclusively to the chair of English. His publications include: "Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem," "A Handy Anglo-Saxon Dictionary" — in conjunction with Prof. J.A. Harrison; "An Outline of Anglo-Saxon Grammar"; an edition of "Andreas," and an "English Grammar" — in conjuncton with J.W. Sewell. His popular writings are: "The Study of English," "Higher Education of Women," "Thackeray," "Southern Writers," including Joel Chandler Harris; "Maurice Thompson," "Sidney Lanier," etc., etc., "Southern Literature," "English Writers of To-day" — a series of articles for the Chautauquan, and some etymological work for the Century, He died at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 7. 1899.