tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871025352411922568.post767621289367710265..comments2023-06-24T08:35:49.399-05:00Comments on Speak, Memory: Time Regained: Algernon Sidney Johnston, 1801-1852Erik Donald Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871025352411922568.post-73488975938933131132013-05-04T23:32:50.659-05:002013-05-04T23:32:50.659-05:00He was surmisingly named after Algernon Sidney/Syd...He was surmisingly named after Algernon Sidney/Sydney (ca. January, 15, 1623-December 7, 1683), English republican theorist, from whom Hampden-Sydney College in Prince Edward County, Virginia, derives half of its name, as well. Not a coincidence -- Algernon's grandfather Peter Johnston, Sr., deeded the original tract of land to the fledgling college at the outset of the American Revolution. Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.com