Background
Govan, Gilbert Eaton was born on April 28, 1892 in Atlanta. Son of William J. and Kate (Eaton) Govan.
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Book describes the many experiences of the people of the Chattanooga region in the light of local, state and national events -- it shows how they were influenced by or contributed to the greater stream of history. Fascinating and historical.
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Govan, Gilbert Eaton was born on April 28, 1892 in Atlanta. Son of William J. and Kate (Eaton) Govan.
Student, Georgia Institute Technology, 1908-1911; Doctor of Letters, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1959.
Bookseller, 1918-1934. Book review editor Chattanooga Times, from 1931. Library University Chattanooga, from 1934.
Associate editor Sewanee Review, 1941-1946.
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Advisory council United States Civil War Centennial Commission, Tennessee History Commission, Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission. Member American Library Association, Music., Southeastern, Tennessee library associations, American Anthropological Association, National Association Secondary School Principals, Society of America Historians, Southern History Association, Southeaster Modern Language Association, Tennessee (past vice president), East Tennessee (past vice president), Chattanooga Area (past president) history societies.
Married Mary Christine Noble, June 10, 1918. Children: Emmy Payne (Mistress James G. West), Mary Quintard (Mistress William O. Steele), James F.