THEOPHILUS ADAM WYLIE
Was born October 8, 1810 in Philadelphia. Pa. He was the son of Rev. Samuel Brown Wylie, D. D., and Margaret Watson Wylie. He received his early education at the English Academy of Rev. Dr. S. W. Crawford, and commenced his classical Education at the school of Wylie & Engles, Philadelphia. He entered the Junior Class of the University of Pennsylvania at its reorganization in 1828, under the Presidency of Dr. DeLancy. At the same time his father, Dr. S. B. Wylie, was elected Professor of Languages. He graduated in 1880, receiving the degrees A. B. and A. M. in course. Shortly after graduation he was one of the teachers in the Academy of the University of which Dr. Crawford was Principal. He became a student in the Theological Seminary of the K. P. Church, and in 1836 was licensed to preach. In the same year, after some correspondence with the Board of Trustees of Indiana College and its President, Dr. A. Wylie, he was offered a Professorship in Indiana University, and at his own request was elected pro tern. Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry. In the spring of 1837 he left Philadelphia, and after ten days' journey reached the University in April, and commenced work at the opening of the second term, May 1. After a year's service he was made a permanent member of the Faculty. In 1852 he received an invitation to a Professorship in Miami University, Oxford, O., which was then in a flourishing state and looking up, while the Indiana University at that time was looking in the opposite direction. After remaining two and a half years at Miami he received an invitation to return to Bloomington to his former position in the University, then recovering from its severe calamity, the destruction of its main building in 1854, under the administration of President Daily. With various changes from Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry to Professor of Languages, and in three years after, transferred to the chair of Natural Philosophy, he continued in the active service of the University till 1886, when he received the honorary title of "Emeritus," which he still ('89) holds. Professor Wylie, during the annual showers of honorary degrees, was not missed. He received from Miami University the degree D. D., and a year later from Monmouth College, and the following year from Princeton College, N. J., the same honorary title, and shortly after LL. D. from his Alma Mater.
Prof. T. A. Wylie married Miss Rebecca Dennis, of Germantown, now in the city of Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 5, 1838. They celebrated their golden wedding Nov. 5, 1888, receiving, among other kind remembrances, a valuable souvenir from the Faculty of the University.
