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Dr. William Lorenzo Moss was born in Athens, Georgia on August 23rd, 1876. He went on to earn his bachelors degree from the University of Georgia in 1897.

Image of the painting View of Athens from Carr's Hill (1845) by Georgia artist George Cooke. A red train appears on the right side. The city can be seen below on the left. This painting is on display at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library…

Luther Judson Glenn was born on the 26th of November 1818 in Washington County, Georgia. Glenn was primarily raised in McDonough, Georgia and at the age of twenty he began studying University of Georgia, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa…

George Anderson Mell, husband of Daisy Beatrice Mell, was a banker born in Liberty Country, Georgia who died in Athens in 1931

George Baber Atkisson was born on September 14, 1843 in Virginia. He attended school at UGA, class of 1861. He enlisted into the Confederate military artillery unit called Troup Artillery.
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The death of Alonzo S. Church was mourned by many in the Athens and University of Georgia communities, as Church had great influence in both. As a Presbyterian minister, Church often assisted poor churches who could not afford a minister by offering…

Mary Dorothy Lyndon, a vastly educated woman, was the first woman to receive a degree from the University of Georgia. As Associate Professor of Education and Dean of Women at the University of Georgia, she was able to implement a number of programs…

William Anderson Bain was a veteran of the Civil War, killed in Athens while working as a pattern maker at the Athens Foundry.