bject. Great space has been devoted to
biography and much light has been thrown upon the ancestry of
scores of families. Of great value are a number of articles
giving in condensed and clear form the results of study of the
new material brought forth. Thus there is a paper upon Education
in Colonial Virginia, another on Colonial Libraries, etc. The
magazine, like the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,
has rendered an invaluable service to Virginia history.

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Thomas J. Wertenbaker was born at Charlottesville, Va., Feb.
6, 1879. After receiving his primary education at private
schools he entered Jones' University School. Later he attended
the Charlottesville Public High School. In the fall of 1896 he
entered the Academic Department of the University of Virginia,
where he remained as a student until 1900. During the session
of 1900-1901, he taught at St. Matthew's School, of Dobbs
Ferry, N.Y. In September, 1901, he re-entered the University
of Virginia and in 1902 received the degrees of Bachelor of
Arts and Master of Arts. For some years after this he was
engaged in newspaper work, being editor of the Charlottesville
Morning News and editor on the Baltimore News. In the fall of
1906 he re-entered the University of Virginia as a graduate
student. In 1907 he was elected Associate Professor of History
and Economics at the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
and filled that position for two sessions. In 1909 he was made
Instructor of History at the University of Virginia and once
more matriculated in the Graduate Department of that
institution. He is a member of the American Historical
Association and the Virginia Historical Society and is the
author of several historical articles and essays.

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