Background
He was raised by his mother and step-father, the Reverend John L. Dagg.
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Noah Knowles Davis
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Education
He was educated at Mercer University, where his step-father was president, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Career
Noah Knowles Davis was an American educator. Davis taught at Delaware College and then at Howard College (now Samford University) in 1852. Davis delivered a graduation address at Howard College in 1854.
Later he taught at the University of Virginia.
His many books included Elements of Deductive Logic (1893), Elements of Inductive Logic (1895), and Elements of Psychology (1893). Davis died on May 4, 1910 in Virginia.
Davis influenced Collins Denny, a Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University who taught poet John Crowe Ransom.
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March 4, 1910 (aged 79)