George Oscar Ferguson (1885-1960) found fame/infamy at UVA for his role in teaching eugenics there:



https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-and-history-race-eugenics-racial-integrity-act-health-disparities



But he taught at W&M a few years earlier and I’m trying to find out as much about him here as I can.



He graduated from W&M in 1907 and got his PhD from Columbia in 1916, having been given a leave from the College to pursue his doctoral studies.  Beginning in 1908 (or, possibly, 1907), Ferguson taught courses here in Education (he was head of the Normal School), Psychology, and Philosophy.



In 1911, he is listed as having an M.A.



But I can’t discover where he got that degree, and wonder if anyone knows.  He is not the George Oliver Ferguson who wrote an MA thesis at the University of Chicago for a 1910 degree.



Many thanks for any information.





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