William J. Vaughn
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| Born | February 15, 1834 Wilcox County, Alabama |
| Died | December 1, 1912 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Occupation | University professor, school principal, librarian, book collector |
| Spouse(s) | Abbie Maria Scott |
| Children | William Massey Vaughn Eugene Houghton Vaughn Harry Scott Vaughn |
| Parent(s) | James Pulliam Vaughn Susan Rebecca Richards Vaughn |
| Relatives | William S. Vaughn (grandson) |
William J. Vaughn (1834-1912) was an American university professor, school principal, librarian and book collector. He was one of the earliest Professors at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
William James Vaughn was born on February 15, 1834 at Black Bluff, a settlement along the Alabama River in Wilcox County, Alabama. His father was James Pulliam Vaughn and his mother, Susan Rebecca Richards.
Vaughn received an A.B. in 1857 and an A.M. in 1860 from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.Landon Garland (1810–1895) was one of his professors. He then received a Legum Doctor from the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi.
Vaughn started his career at his alma mater, the University of Alabama, where he tutored Mathematics from 1857 to 1860. He continued to teach at Alabama during the American Civil War: as an Instructor of Latin and Greek from 1860 to 1863, and as a Professor of Mathematics from 1863 to 1865.
Shortly after the war, from 1865 to 1866, Vaughn served as Principal of the Tuscaloosa Female College, a defunct women's college in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He then served as Principal of Centenary Institute, a defunct boarding school in Summerfield, Alabama, from 1867 to 1871. He returned to the University of Alabama to teach Physics and Astronomy from 1871 to 1873. He went on to serve as the President of the defunct Tennessee Female College in Franklin, Tennessee, from 1873 to 1878. Shortly after, he returned again to the University of Alabama, where he served as Professor of Mathematics again from 1878 to 1882. He also founded its Department of Engineering in 1881-1882.
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