Background
Cate, Wirt Armistead was born on November 16, 1900 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States. Son of James Henry and Mary Lou (Armistead) Cate.
Cate, Wirt Armistead was born on November 16, 1900 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States. Son of James Henry and Mary Lou (Armistead) Cate.
AB, Emory University, 1923; AM (fellow), Emory University, 1925; postgraduate (Edward Austin fellow), Harvard, 1926-1927, 28-29.
Instructor, Baylor School, Chattanooga, 1923-1924; Instructor, Georgia School Technology, 1925-1926, 27-28; lecturer English, Emory University, summers 1926, 28; Julius Rosenwald fellow American history, 1937-1938; fellow, Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., 1940-1943; now engaged in biographical, history research, writing.
Member Modern Language Association American, Southern History Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Upsilon, Sigma Chi.