Charles F. McCay (1810-1889) was an American professor and college administrator.
Charles McCay was born in
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Northumberland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,647. Its county seat is Sunbury.
The county was formed in 1772 from parts of Lancas ...
;
his brother,
Henry Kent McCay, later became a Federal judge. He attended
Jefferson College where
George Junkin
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was one of his classmates,
[ and graduated in 1829.][ After graduation, he was the tutor for ]Margaret Junkin Preston
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Biography
She was born in Milton, Pennsylvania, in 1820.''Southern Life in Southern Literature'', Maurice Garland Fulton (ed.), Kessinger Publishing, 200 ...
, the precocious ten-year-old daughter of his college friend.Lafayette College
Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the college after General Laf ...
in Easton, Pennsylvania
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as a professor of mathematics, natural philosophy, and astronomy, until 1833.[ At that time, the school only had a charter; George Junkin started the college as an actual institution, with McCay and James I. Coon as the first two professors.][ He moved to Georgia and at the ]University of Georgia
, mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things."
, establ ...
, he taught civil engineering, and mathematics. In 1856, he became president of the South Carolina College.[
McCay received his Ll.d. degree from the College of New Jersey Law School in 1857.][
His papers are held in Special Collections of the University of Georgia.]
References
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1810 births
1889 deaths