 basil lanneau gildersleeve (october 23, 1831 â january 9, 1924), was an american classical scholar. ==biography== he was born in charleston, south carolina to emma louisa lanneau and benjamin gildersleeve (1791&ndash;1875). his father was a presbyterian evangelist, and editor of the charleston christian observer from 1826 to 1845, of the richmond (va) watchman and observer from 1845 to 1856, and of the central presbyterian from 1856 to 1860. he graduated from princeton in 1849 at the age of eighteen, and went on to study under johannes franz in berlin, under friedrich ritschl at bonn and under schneidewin at gÃ¶ttingen, where he received his doctor's degree in 1853. from 1856 to 1876 he was professor of greek at the university of virginia, holding the chair of latin also from 1861 to 1866. he married september 18, 1866 in middlebury, virginia to eliza fisher colston. after service for the confederate states army in the american civil war, during which gildersleeve was shot in the leg, he returned to the university of virginia. ten years later, he accepted an offer from daniel coit gilman of a position at johns hopkins university. in 1880, the american journal of philology, a quarterly published by the johns hopkins university, was established under his editorial charge, and his strong personality was expressed in the department of the journal headed &q
1831_births 1924_deaths American_classical_scholars American_philologists Classical_scholars_of_Johns_Hopkins_University Confederate_States_Army_officers Members_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters People_from_Charleston,_South_Carolina People_of_Virginia_in_the_American_Civil_War Princeton_University_alumni University_of_Bonn_alumni