Charles Coleman Thach (March 15, 1860 – October 3, 1921) was the President of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known as Auburn University, from 1902 to 1920.[1]
Charles Coleman Thach | |
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 Thach pictured in The Glomerata 1919, Auburn yearbook | |
| President of Auburn University | |
| In office 1902–1920 | |
| Preceded by | William Leroy Broun |
| Succeeded by | Spright Dowell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 15, 1860 Athens, Alabama, US |
| Died | October 15, 1921 (aged 61) Dalton, Georgia, US |
Biography edit
Charles Coleman Thach was born in Athens, Alabama in 1860.[2] He graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University, in 1877.[1][3] He became a Professor of English in 1885.[1][2] He was also teaching Political Economy.[4] He was President in the same institution from 1902 to 1920.[1][2]
He was a member of the American Economic Association.[4] He was a founding member of the Alabama Library Association.[4]
Thach was the father of historian Charles C. Thach, Jr. (1894–1966), who wrote The Creation of the Presidency, 1775-1789: A Study of Constitutional History. [5]
Thatch died in Dalton, Georgia, on October 3, 1921.
References edit
- ^ a b c d Auburn library
- ^ a b c Auburn archives
- ^ Encyclopedia of Alabama
- ^ a b c David Whitten, A History of Economics and Business at Auburn University, Routledge, 1992, pp. 20-22 [1]
- ^ Thach, Jr., Charles C. (1969). The Creation of the Presidency 1775-1789 (2nd ed.). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press. p. ii. ISBN 0-8018-1108-2.
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