City: Nashville
GLENN, Leonidas Chalmers, Professor of Geology; born Crowder’s Creek, N. C., September 9, 1871; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Davis and Sarah Priscilla (Torrence) GLENN; father, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents John Franklin and Jennie Gray (Scott) GLENN, maternal grandparents William Wilson and Sarah Ann (Wilson) TORRENCE; educated public schools; graduated University of South Carolina 1891, A.B. degree; Johns Hopkins University 1899, Ph.D. degree; began career as teacher in public schools; married Nellie Louise MCCULLOUGH, September 12, 1900; member K. of P. and W. O. W. lodges; member Kappa Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa fraternities; has been member at various times of geological surveys in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina; is now on Kentucky and Tennessee geological surveys; does consulting geological work; member Presbyterian Church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
