City: Nashville
YOUNG, Bertrand Edward, teacher; born Louisville, Ky., January 2, 1875; English and Scotch descent; son of Cyrus H. and Kate Dunlap YOUNG; father’s occupation banker and broker; paternal grandfather Daniel YOUNG, maternal grandparents Carson P. and Elizabeth (Dunlap) STROUSE; educated Louisville Training School (Kentucky), Vanderbilt University, University of Chicago, University of Grenoble, France, and University of Paris, France. Following degrees were conferred upon him: B.S., Vanderbilt, 1896; M.A., Vanderbilt, 1898; Docteur-es-Lettres /sic/ and Laureate, University of Grenoble, 1904; began teaching in 1896; graduate student Modern Languages, Vanderbilt University, 1896; Professor of Modern Languages, Morrisville College (Missouri), 1897-98; graduate student Modern Languages, University of Chicago, 1898-99-1900-01; Professor Modern Languages, Polytechnic College, Texas, 1899-1900; Professor Modern Languages, Millsaps College (Mississippi), 1900-04; elected Associate Professor Romance Languages, Vandervilt /sic/ University, 1904; Instructor Summer School, University of Tennessee, 1908; Instructor Summer School, Peabody College for Teachers, 1909; married Ethel Barksdale SMITH, daughter of Robert C. SMITH, former General Counsel Illinois Central Railroad, February 19, 1903; member of Kappa Alpha Frat. and Round Table Club, Nashville, Tenn.; member of various foreign and national linguistic societies; author of “Michael Baron, Auteur et Acteur Dramatique,” published at Grenoble and Paris, 1904 and 1905; author of articles contributed to various philological journals; editor of “The Vanderbilt Quarterly,” 1908; acting secretary of Association of College and Preparatory Schools of the Southern States, 1910; member M. E. Church, South; residence, Vanderbilt University Campus, Nashville.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
