Henry Read McIlwaine

Henry Read McIlwaine (1864–1934) was an American editor and librarian. He served as the third State Librarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Henry Read McIlwaine
Born(1864-07-12)July 12, 1864
Farmville, Virginia
DiedMarch 16, 1934(1934-03-16) (aged 69)
Richmond, Virginia
OccupationState Librarian of Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Education

Biography

Henry Read McIlwaine was born in Farmville, Virginia on July 12, 1864.[1]

McIlwaine graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1885 and earned a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1893. He returned to Hampden–Sydney in 1893 to serve as professor of English and history until 1907, when he was appointed State Librarian for Virginia, a position he held until his death in Richmond on March 16, 1934.[2][3]

He was a prolific editor of historical volumes relating to the early governance of the Commonwealth including:[4]

  • Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia
  • Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia
  • Legislative journals of the Council of colonial Virginia
  • Official letters of the governors of the State of Virginia
  • The struggle of Protestant dissenters for religious toleration in Virginia

See also

References
  1. Porter, Duval (1920). "State Officers". Official Virginia: A Composition of Sketches of the Public Men of Virginia at the Present Time. Whittet & Shepperson. p. 47. Retrieved December 24, 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. General Catalogue of Officers and Students of Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, 1908)
  3. "Dr. H. R. McIlwaine". The Knoxville Journal. March 17, 1934. p. 10. Retrieved December 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Online Books by H. R. McIlwaine". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 15, 2016.


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