Edwin Whitfield Fay

{{Short description|American philologist (1865–1920)}} {{More footnotes needed|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix =  | name = | honorific_suffix = | image = Edwin Whitfield Fay.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth date|1865|1|1}} | birth_place = Minden, Louisiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1920|2|17|1865|1|1}} | death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_cause = | other_names = | occupation = | period = | known_for = | title = | boards =  | spouse = {{marriage|Lucy Belle Hemphill|1904}} | partner = | children = 2 | parents = | relatives = | awards =  | website = | education = | alma_mater = Johns Hopkins University | thesis_title = The Treatment of Rig-Veda Mantras in the Grhya Sūtras | thesis_url = https://dn790006.ca.archive.org/0/items/fay-1899-RV-mantras-in-grhyasutras/Fay%201899%20RVMantrasintheGSs.pdf | thesis_year = 1890 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences =  | era = | discipline = {{hlist|Classical philology}} | sub_discipline = {{hlist|Latin|Sanskrit}} | workplaces = {{hlist|University of Michigan|University of Texas|Washington and Lee College}} | doctoral_students =  | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced =  | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }} '''Edwin Whitfield Fay''' (January 1, 1865 – February 17, 1920) was an American philologist, best known for his contributions to the study of Latin and Sanskrit.

==Biography== He graduated from Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1883, received the degree of Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1890, and studied at the University of Leipzig in 1891–92. In 1890-91 he was instructor in Sanskrit and classics at the University of Michigan, in 1892-93 he was acting associate professor of Latin at the University of Texas, in 1893-99 professor of Latin at Washington and Lee College, and beginning 1899 professor of Latin at the University of Texas until his death in Pittsburgh while visiting his sister.

==Works== {{wikisource|works=or}} * ''A History of Education in Louisiana'' (1898) * ''The Treatment of Rig-Veda Mantras in the Yrhya Sutras'' (1899) * ''T. Macci Planti Mostellaria'' (1902) He also published works in journals, mostly academic, but some popular.<ref name=dab>{{Cite DAB|title=Fay, Edwin Whitfield|year=1931|author=William James Battle}}</ref>

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==References== * {{Cite Americana|wstitle=Fay, Edwin Whitefield}} * {{Cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffa17|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|author=William James Battle|title=Fay, Edwin Whitfield|accessdate=April 16, 2013}}

==Further reading== * {{cite web |author=|title=A Gifted Linguist: Dr. Edwin Whitfield Fay – Institutional History Museum & Galleries |website=Institutional History Museum & Galleries |date=13 October 2025 |url=https://ihmg.academic.wlu.edu/2025/10/13/a-gifted-linguist-dr-edwin-whitfield-fay/ |access-date=30 December 2025}}

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