Education and Career
B.S. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1906; M.A., University of Virginia, 1911; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1913; Principal of Blacksburg, Va., High School, 1906-08; Instructor of Latin, University of Virginia, 1909-13; Member of Latin Faculty, University of Virginia, Summer Sessions of 1912 -24; Professor of Latin and Greek, Hollins College, Hollins, Va., 1913-23; Graduate Student, University of Chicago, Summer Session, 1921; Professor of Greek and Latin, Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky., 1923-28; Traveled in Europe, Summer of 1925.

Activities
Member of the American Philological Association

Involvement with Dickinson College
Bishop joined the Dickinson faculty in 1928 as an Associate Professor of Latin. In 1929, Bishop received the A.J. Clarke Professorship of Latin Language and Literature. During the 1933-1934 school year, Bishop taught seven courses in Latin¹. He could be found in his office located in room 111 in Denny Hall².
 
 

Footnotes

1. 1933-1934 Dickinson College Course Catalogue Book, p. 41-42.
2. 1933-1934 Dickinson College Student Handbook, p. 20.

Bibliography

"Bishop, Arthur Vaughan" Dropfile, Dickinson College Archives
Dickinson College Microcosm, p. 34, 1934, Dickinson College Archives.
1933-1934 Dickinson College Course Catalogue Book,Dickinson College Archives.
1933-1934 Dickinson College Student Handbook, Dickinson College Archives.

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-Cynthia L. Mackey '03

Class of 1934    Chronicles Dickinson College

Dickinson 1934 is a project of Prof. Osborne's History 204 Class, Fall Semester 2000.