Benjamin Clark Holtzclaw Jr. (1894 - 1986)

Born 28 Jul 1894 in Perry, Houston, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Nov 1986 at age 92 in Richmond City Virginia, USA

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Biography

Benjamin Clark Holtzclaw was a Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Graduate School at University of Richmond, Virginia. He also wrote extensively on the descendants of various families of the Germanna Colony.

He took the A.B. degree at Mercer University, 1914.^[1] Rhodes Scholar from Georgia, 1914-1917.^[2] M.A. from Oxford, 1920.^[3] Ph.D. Cornell University, 1923.^[4]

Positions at University of Richmond:

Professor of Philosophy 1929-1965,

Dean of Graduate School 1938-1965

Dean of Richmond College 1942-1945

On April 15, 1993, Benjamin Clark Holtzclaw was added to the University of Richmond Trustees' Honor Roll of Distinguished Faculty, Administrators and Staff. Dr. Fred Anderson of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society had the following remarks:

"Benjamin Clark Holtzclaw proved that one could enjoy collard greens and cornbread yet go to Oxford. A native of middle Georgia, he attended the Georgia Baptist Jerusalem, Mercer University, was selected a Rhodes Scholar and became a master of Greek and philosophy. He was a natural fit into this Virginia Baptist school and for nearly40 years he gave of himself in teaching and in administrative duties. He earned a reputation as a "hard-nosed [yet] charitabl, get-it-done sort of administrator." He was such an odd mixture--this small-town Southern boy turned philosopher--that it led one wag to observe that he was "a liberalized conservative who is a pessamistic optimist."^[5]

Books Authored

• The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family
• Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750
• John Hoffman, 1714 Germanna Colonist, and His Descendants
• The Second Germanna Colony of 1717
• The Germanna Record Official Publication of the Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia Incorporated Number Three

Online Books and Articles

• The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family
• Online books authored
• The Little Fork Colony

Sources

1. ↑ The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family
2. ↑ The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family
3. ↑ The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family
4. ↑ The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family
5. ↑ University of Richmond, Virginia

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Lower Town, Houston, Georgia
• 1910 United States Federal Census, Swift St., Militia District 619, Houston, Georgia
• 1930 United States Federal Census, Occupation: Professor; Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia
• 1940 United States Federal Census, Occupation: Professor; Tuckahoe, Henrico, Virginia
• Georgia, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919
• U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• University of Richmond, Virginia
• Find A Grave