The instance of Lyon G. Tyler points out one of the arbitrary and
foolish aspects of trying to determine who in a given century was the
greatest or most important (or most loathesome): Tyler was president of
the College of William and Mary late in the nineteenth century, too, and
therefore laps over the artificial century barrier. That will be the
case again if we keep this up and wonder which century (if we must so
limit ourselves) Thomas Jefferson belongs to.

Nevertheless, it's interesting to read people's suggestions and
reactions.

Brent Tarter
The Library of Virginia
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Subject: Re: 20th C Virginians

If you're going to go that route, then consider Lyon G. Tyler: 
founder of the William and Mary Quarterly and various other
publications; collector of manuscript Virginiana, as well as president
of the College of William and Mary?

Karen Stuart

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