Mathes, C. Hodge (Charles Hodge), 1879-1951

Dates

• Existence: 1879 - 1951

Biography

Charles Hodge Mathes was born in Maryville, Tennessee on April 3, 1879. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Mathes received his B.A. degree from Washington College in 1897. He taught there from 1897 to 1903, during which time he completed most of the requirements for a master's degree at the University of Wooster in Ohio. In 1903 he began teaching at Maryville College. He transferred his master's credits from Wooster to Maryville, and thus was able to take a master's degree at Maryville College in 1904. He studied classical archaeology at Harvard University in the summer of 1906. In 1935 and 1936 he studied at McGill University, Montreal, and Middleburg College, respectively.

Mathes was one of the original faculty members at East Tennessee State Normal School, forerunner of East Tennessee State University. He taught English and served as the dean of the school from 1911 to 1920, when he resigned to enter business. After a few months he returned to the school where he remained until statutory retirement in 1949. Mathes held various positions at East Tennessee State, among them dean, registrar, professor of education, and professor and chairperson of the modern language department.

After his retirement from East Tennessee State College, Mathes taught languages at Milligan College, from 1949-1951. He married in 1902 and had two children, Mildred Dalton and a son, Ralph. He died on February 11, 1951 in Johnson City, Tennessee.

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