Joseph Edward Harry

Joseph Edward Harry (October 1, 1863 – August 12, 1949) was acting president of the University of Cincinnati in 1904. Harry was dean of the college of arts and Sciences from 1901 to 1906 and was dean of the graduate school in 1916.

Early life Joseph Edward Harry as born on October 1, 1863, in Harford County, Maryland, to Maria Jane and David Harry. He graduated from the State Normal School of Maryland in 1880. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1886 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1889, studying under Basil L. Gildersleeve. His dissertation was "A Rhetorical Study of the Leptinian Orations" (1889). His postgraduate studies were in Germany in 1887.

Career Harry taught at a country school from 1880 to 1881. He helped establish the classics department at the college and was professor of Greek from 1900 to 1916. He was dean of the college of liberal arts from 1904 to 1906 and dean of the graduate school from 1906 to 1916. He was acting president of the college in 1904. He was a Quaker.