Edward William Cornelius Humphrey
Edward William Cornelius Humphrey (May 23, 1844 – March 22, 1917), also known as "Alphabet Humphrey" and "Judge Humphrey", was a theological and legal scholar and influential member of the National Presbyterian General Assembly. A Harvard graduate with an honorary degree from Amherst, he was also an 1864 graduate of Centre College, of which he became a trustee in 1885. He was a trustee of the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and for forty-four successive terms was elected Director of the Louisville Law Library Company. He was a key figure in a long discussion and eventual acceptance of a Presbyterian creed revision held in May 1902 in New York City by the national Presbyterian General Assembly. Early life and education Humphrey was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Presbyterian minister Edward Porter Humphrey (1809–1887) and Catherine Cornelia (née Prather; 1816–1844). His mother Catherine died shortly after Edward's birth, and afterwards his father married Martha Anne Fontaine Pope. He was the grandson of Congregationalist minister Heman Humphrey, an author of theological treatises and the second president of Amherst College. Humphrey graduated in 1864 from Centre College, and received an honorary A.M. degree from Amherst College. Subsequently, he studied law at the