Author Adam Graeme Mercer

the same period he served as superintendent of the Lawrenceburg, Indiana public schools. In 1869 he was elected professor of English literature in Asbury College, and two years later he was assigned to the chair of belles-lettres and history of the same institution. In 1879 he was elected vice-president of the university, and he was largely the originator of the measures by which that institution was placed under the patronage of Washington C. DePauw, and took his name. In 1880 he received the degree of LL. D. from Syracuse University. In 1885 Ridpath left his position at the University to devote himself more to writing. In the later 1890s, he was editor of a magazine called "The Arena". He wrote biographies of James G. Blaine, James A. Garfield, William Ewart Gladstone, and James Otis. His popular volumes of history were successful, and reissued many times. His publications include: Ridpath died at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, in 1900. His body was taken from the hospital by the Stephen Merritt Burial Company.[1] Today, in Greencastle, Indiana, next to DePauw University, stands Ridpath Primary School. Ridpath Primary School was named after his sister Martha. This article incorporates text from Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography (1889)