Background
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner was born in August 1853 in Charles City County, Virginia, United States. Son of John T. (10th President United States).
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner was born in August 1853 in Charles City County, Virginia, United States. Son of John T. (10th President United States).
Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia, 1874, A.M., 1875. Doctor of Laws, Trinity College, Connecticut, 1895, University of Pittsburgh, 1911, Brown U., 1914, William and Mary College, 1919.
St. George Tucker, November 14, 1878. Children—Julia (wife of Doctor J. S. Wilson), Elizabeth (wife of Alfred H. Miles, United States Navy), John. Married second, Sue Ruffin, d.
John A. Ruffin, of Charles City County, Virginia, September 12, 1923. Children—Lyon Gardiner, Harrison Ruffin. Professor belles-lettres, William and Mary College, 1877-1878.
Principal high school, Memphis, Tennessee, 1878-1882. Practiced law at Richmond, Virginia, 1882-1888. A founder of and teacher Richmond Mechanics Night School, 1883-1888.
President College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1888-1919. Resigned, 1919, and made president emeritus.
Author: The Letters and Times of the Tylers, 1884. Parties and Patronage in the United States, 1891. Cradle of the Republic, 1900.
England in America, 1904. Williamsburg, the Old Colonial Capital, 1907. Also addresses and pamphlets.
Editor and proprietor William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, founded in 1892, also of Tyler’s Quarterly History and Genealogical Magazine, founded, 1919. Editor: Narratives of Early Virginia (1606-1625), 1907. Men of Mark in Virginia (5 vols.).
Biographical Dictionary of Virginia (5 vols.), 1915.
Member Virginia House of Delegates, 1887. Member State Board of Education, 1903-1907. Member State Library Board, since 1915(later chairman board).
Married Annie B., d.; married second, Sue Ruffin, d. Children: Julia (wife of Doctor.