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1889. From 1889 to 1892 he was state insti- tute instructor, and in that capacity was a prime factor in the inauguration of new and systematic methods of popular education.

James, Edward Wilson, son of John James, a prominent merchant of Norfolk, and Mary Moseley Hunter, his wife, was born in Norfolk, Virginia, shortly before the

He was professor of history at the North civil war. He was descended from early set-

Carolina State Normal and Industrial Col- lege at Greensboro, 1892-93 ; and professor ot pedagogy in his alma mater, the Univer- sity of North Carolina, from 1893 to 1896. Ir the latter year he was called to the presi- dency of the institution, and served until 1900, when he resigned to become president of Tulane (Louisiana) University. His ad-

tlers in Virginia, among whom may be men- tioned John James, who patented lands in Lower Norfolk county in 1680-1682; Henry Woodhouse, son of Henry Woodhouse, gov- ernor of the Bermuda Islands, a son of Sir Henry Woodhouse and Anne Bacon, half- sister of Sir Francis Bacon ; James Wilson, Francis Mason and James Dauge (now ren-

linistration was peculiarly successful— the '^'^"'"^'^ Dozier), the last a French Huguenot,

faculty was greatly strengthened, and the ^^^ ^^^ educated at Roanoke College in

curriculum revised and modernized; the 1866-1868, and travelled in England and

material improvements were notable, in- France. He was a member of the Phi Beta

eluding the erection of a fine library build- ^^^PPa Society of William and Mary Col-

ing, and considerable additions to the in- ^^'S^' ^ member of the executive committee

come of the university. In 1904 Professor °^ ^^^ Virginia Historical Society, a member

Alderman accepted the presidency of the °[ ^^^ American Historical Association and

University of Virginia, and entered upon a °' ^^ American Geographic Society. He

most successful work, marked by large ad ditions to the endowment fund of the insti- tution and of appropriations by the legisla-

was a director in the Norfolk City Gas Light Company, and a director of the Norfolk City Library. He was devoted to history and

ture. and with large increase in number of lerature, and founded the "Lower Norfolk

students. He is a member of the National bounty Antiquary," a small magazine which

Educational Association, of which he was Passed through five volumes and proved a

vice-president for two years ; and of the ^^^^^^^ure house of information regarding the

Southern Education Board, and its south- ^"""'y ^^^^ °^ ^hat section of the state. By

western director. He is author of "A School *^ "^'^ ^^ '^^* *° ^^^ Confederate Soldiers'

History of North Carolina," "Life of Wil- ^""^"'^ ^^ Richmond and to the University

li&.m Hooper. Signer of the Declaration of ""■ ^■&'"'a the bulk of his fortune, amount-

Independence," and "Life of J. L. M. Curry ;" and editor-in-chief of "The Library of Southern Literature." He is an accom- plished public speaker, and has delivered

nig to $300,000. He was never married. He died in Norfolk, Virginia, October 11, 1906.

Smith, Francis Lee, born in Fauquier county, Virginia, November 25, 1808, son of

various notable addresses. He has received Hon. John Adams Washington Smith and

the degree of Doctor of Laws from various Maria Love Hawkins, his wife, daughter of

universities— Johns Hopkins, Yale, Colum- Captain John Hawkins, adjutant to Col.

bia, Tulane, Sewanee and North Carolina. Thomas Marshall in the revolution. He