Transylvania University

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This file appears in: Inspiration Mountain: John Fox, Jr.

John Fox, Jr. attended Transylvania University, pictured here, before graduating from Harvard. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Inspiration Mountain: John Fox, Jr.

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #777 in Letcher County notes how that region influenced the accomplished novelist John Fox, Jr. Born during the Civil War in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Fox was educated in local…