James Wood Davidson (March 9, 1829 – June 27, 1905) was a United States author.
Biography
James Wood Davidson was born in
Newberry District, South Carolina on March 9, 1829. He graduated from South Carolina College,
Columbia, in 1852, studied languages under private tutors, from 1854 to 1859 was professor of Greek in Mount Zion College,
Winnsboro, South Carolina
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, and in 1859 became principal of Carolina High School, Columbia. From 1862 to 1863, he was adjutant of infantry in
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's army. He left Columbia in 1871, and lived two years in Washington, D.C., and eleven years in New York City, where he was literary editor of the ''
Evening Post'' in 1873, and American correspondent of the ''
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'' from 1873 to 1878. In 1884, he moved to Figulus in
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, where he continued his literary work, and engaged in fruit culture. In 1885, he was a member of the Florida constitutional convention.
After 1887, he was employed in the
Treasury Department at Washington, as a clerk.
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in ''Who's Who in America
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James Wood Davidson died in
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on June 27, 1905.
Works
* ''Living Writers of the South'' (New York, 1869)
* ''School History of South Carolina'' (Columbia, 1869; new ed., 1886)
* ''The Correspondent'' (New York, 1886)
He edited:
* William M. Martin, ''Lyrics and Sketches'' (1865)
* ''The Educational Year-Book'' (1872)
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1829 births
1905 deaths
American male journalists
People from Newberry County, South Carolina