Background
Wheeler, James Rignall was born on February 15, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of John and Mary Constance (Rignall) Wheeler.
Wheeler, James Rignall was born on February 15, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of John and Mary Constance (Rignall) Wheeler.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Vermont, 1880. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1885. Student American School, Athens, 1882-1883.
Universities Berlin and Bonn, 1885-1886.
(Doctor of Laws, University of Colorado, 1914).
Instructor Greek and Latin, Harvard, 1888-1889. Professor Greek, University of Vermont, 1889-1895. Professor Greek language and literature, 1892-1893, secretary, 1894-1901, chairman managing committee, since 1901, American School Classical Studies, Athens.
Professor Greek, 1895-1906, professor Greek art and archæology, since 1906, Columbia.
Also acting dean and dean, faculty of Fine Arts, 1906-1911. Associate editor American Journal of Archæology, 1906-1911.
Author (with Harold North. Fowler). Handbook of Greek Archæology.
Home: New York, New New York
Married Jane Hunt Pease, July 12, 1882.