Excerpt from Biographical Notice of Charles Stearns Wheeler, A. M., Who Died at Leipzig, June 13, 1843-Aged Twenty-Six Years In the winter of 1838 - 9 a vacancy occurred in the Greek Tutorship of Harvard University, which Mr. Wheeler was called upon temporarily to fill, and a full confirmation in the office soon succeeded to the first pro visional appointment. In this way he became a member of the government of the University in which he had been educated, and towards the instructions of which he had from his early childhood eagerly turned. The rela tion with his Alma Mater which was thus established was continued till the end of the last academical'year, at which period he resigned his othee in contemplation of a tour and residence abroad. During the last two years of his residence at Cambridge he had also fulfilled the duties of Instructor in History, and had devoted no inconsider able attention to studies in this department of education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.