FELTON

felton, cornelius conway (1807-1862), american classical scholar, was born on the 6th of november 1807, in west newbury, massachusetts. he graduated at harvard college in 1827, having taught school in the winter vacations of his sophomore and junior years. after teaching in the livingstone high school of geneseo, new york, for two years, he became tutor at harvard in 1829, university professor of greek in 1832, and eliot professor of greek literature in 1834. in 1860 he succeeded james walker as president of harvard, which position he held until his death, at chester, pennsylvania, on the 26th of february 1862. dr felton edited many classical texts. his annotations on wolf's text of the _iliad_ (1833) are especially valuable. _greece, ancient and modern_ (2 vols., 1867), forty-nine lectures before the lowell institute, is scholarly, able and suggestive of the author's personality. among his miscellaneous publications are the american edition of sir william smith's _history of greece_ (1855); translations of menzel's _german literature_ (1840), of munk's _metres of the greeks and romans_ (1844), and of guyot's _earth and man_ (1849); and _familiar letters from europe_ (1865).