Trivia #21 Stonewall (1/21/2014)

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Tonight's Civil War Trivia Question Value: 10 points.
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True or false: Thomas Jackson taught Natural Philosophy at VMI.
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[Albert Sailhorst]

According to http://www.vmi.edu/content.aspx?id=18619 "A marginal professor of natural philosophy, Jackson proved to be an excellent instructor of artillery."
The answer is True.
Thanks!

 

[chellers]

true

 

[adisciu9]

True

 

[Stony]

True

 

[Eagle eye]

True…it was one of the subjects he taught at VMI.

 

[Bob Owen]

true

 

[FrazierC]

True; that and various artillery practices.

 

[hoosier]

True

 

[AUG]

True

 

[blwhite]

True

 

[ole blue light]

true

 

[stuart1861]

True

 

[Custers Luck]

true

 

[Dbersh]

True

 

[Karlos63]

True

 

[Nathanb1]

• That is not a really valid way to word the question; it could be construed as false since it's only part of the title, or true because it contains part of the title, which is " Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Instructor of Artillery Tactics"

Edit - I don't see a problem with the way the question was worded. It asked whether it was true or false that Jackson taught Natural Philosophy. If he was Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, I take that to mean that he taught Natural Philosophy and he taught Experimental Philosophy (don't ask me to explain the distinction between the two), so it is true that he taught Natural Philosophy.

Sorry, but I can't give credit for an answer of "false...or true."

Hoosier

 

[C.S.M 1861]

True, Thomas Jackson was a professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, and the Instructor of Artillery at VMI. He also taught Sunday School classes for black children at the Presbyterian Church, and the Lexington black community revered him for it, calling him affectionately "Marse Major."

 

[Copperhead-mi]

True

 

[ole]

False.