COL. Benjamin  Stoddert  Ewell

    Born:  Washington D.C. 6/10/10,  the son of Dr.Thomas Ewell, a prominent physician. His Mother, Elizabeth, was a daughter of Benjamin Stoddert, the first Secretary of the Navy.

    West Point class of 1832, Bvt.2nd Lt, 4th U.S. Artillery, 7/1/32.

    Asst.Professor of Mathematics, West Point, 8/31/32- 8/31/35.

    Asst.Professor, Natural and Experimental Philosophy, West Point 8/31/35 -

    9/30/36. Resigned 9/30/36.

    Principal Asst. Engineer, Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad, 1836-1839.

    Professor, Mathematics, Hampden-Sydney College, Va 1839-1842, and of

    Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, 1842-1846.

    Professor of Mathematics and Military Science, Washington College,

    Lexington, Va 1846-1848.

    Professor of Mathematics and  Acting President, College of William and

    Mary 1848-1849.

    Professor of Mathematics and Natural Science 1849.

    President 1854-1861. (William and Mary College)

    Appt. Col., 32nd Virginia.

    Appoited Acting Adjutant General on staff of General  Joseph E. Johnson

    11/24/62 and served as such for the remainder of the war.

    Returned to William and Mary retaining its Presidency until  1888, and

    President Emeritus until his death 6/19/94.

    Buried at College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.

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