Alfred Hume (1866–1950) was the Chancellor of the

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from 1924 to 1930, and from 1932 to 1935.

Biography

He was born in

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in 1866. He received a PhD from

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. He taught mathematics and astronomy at the

, until he served as its Chancellor from 1924 to 1930. Hume then taught mathematics at

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(then known as Southwestern) before returning to the University of Mississippi in 1932, where he remained until 1935. He prevented Governor Theodore G. Bilbo from moving Ole Miss to

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. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

Bibliography

Secondary sources

*''Dr. Alfred Hume: his leadership as vice chancellor, acting chancellor, and chancellor of the University of Mississippi (1905-1945)'', Frances Egger Watson, Oxford, Mississippi: University of Mississippi Press, 1987

References

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