Fredrick A. P. Barnard

Frederick Augustus Porter (F.A.P.) Barnard, President and Chancellor of the University of Mississippi during these students' tenure, attempted to reorganize the university and its methods of operation to create a more demanding academic institution. Although he was unable to enact all his plans, Barnard created separate departments for physics, chemistry and mathematics.

The older of UM's two observatories, one of the few remaining antebellum buildings on campus, is now called the Barnard Observatory.

• Edward C. Boyton, Chemistry Professor, 1856-1861.

Boynton was Professor of Chemistry, Minerology, and Geology until the outbreak of the Civil War. He was an early adopter of photography, using the chemicals in his lab to process photos of the UM campus, his lab, and his family. In 1861, he left the University, leaving his negatives behind, and never returned to collect them.

Edward C. Boynton in the Chemistry Lab, circa 1860

Also in eGrove: Edward C. Boynton Collection

• Burton N. Harrison, Assistant Professor Physics, 1860-1861

• Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Ethics and Law Professor, 1860-1861, 1866-1867, 1867-1870

A profile of Lamar is featured in John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage (1956) for his efforts to mend ties between the North and South during Reconstruction while representing Mississippi in the United States Senate. There is a Lamar Hall on campus that once housed the School of Law.

• Reverend W. D. Moore, English Literature Professor, 1858-1861

• Alexander J. Quinche, Latin and French Professor, 1860-1861, 1865-1873, 1876-1882

• William F. Stearns, Law Professor, 1854-1861

• J. F. Trotter, Law Professor, 1860-1861

• Henry Whitehorne, Greek Language Professor, 1857-1861