Background
Ferrell, Chiles Clifton was born on August 20, 1865 in near Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Son of James Overton and Elizabeth Ann (Austin) Ferrell.
Ferrell, Chiles Clifton was born on August 20, 1865 in near Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Son of James Overton and Elizabeth Ann (Austin) Ferrell.
Early education in father’s private school, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. 1875-1880; Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1885, Master of Arts, 1886. Fellow and instructor Greek, Vanderbilt, 1885-1889.
Student of University of Leipzig, 1889-1892, Doctor of Philosophy, 1892.
Traveled in Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy. Student Paris (summer), 1894, University of Berlin, summer semester, 1902.
Professor modern languages, 1893-1905, Germanic languages, 1905-1908, University of Mississippi. Engaged in literature work, since 1908. Author: Teutonic Antiquities in the Anglo-Saxon Genesis, 1893 (Halle).
Edited (with introduction and notes), Sappho-Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügeneral von Franz Grillparzer, 1899.
Home: Birmingham, Alabama
Married Tenney Marr Taliaferro, August 16, 1899.