City: Nashville
KIRKLAND, James Hampton, Chancellor Vanderbilt University; born Spartanburg, S. C.; son of W. C. and Virginia L. (Galluchat) KIRKLAND; Scotch- Irish descent; father was a minister; educated in Spartanburg, S. C., and in Germany; graduated Wofford College, A. B. (1877), A.M. (1878), Ph.D., Leipsic (1885), University of North Carolina, LL.D. (1893), and Wesleyan University LL.D. (1909), Sewanee, Tenn., D. C. L.; married Mary HENDERSON, November 25, 1895; Democrat; member M. E. Church, South.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
