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. ...