College President, Latin scholar.

Graduated University of Virginia, 1875; latin instructor at Columbian (which is now George Washington University, in Washington, D.C.); obtained Ph.D. from Columbian in 1888; Professor of Latin at Columbian in 1879; dean in 1895. He received an LL.D. degree from Richmond college in 1896.

President of Furman university, S.C., in 1897; president of Howard college, Birmingham, Ala., in 1902; president of Columbia college, Lake City, Fla, 1912.

Professor of Latin and public speaking at Mercer university, Ga., in 1919; dean in 1923; VP in 1924; acting president in 1927-1928.

While at Columbian he had tutored President Garfield's sons in Latin. He was licensed as a Baptist preacher.

The National Cyclopedia notes:

'As a Latin scholar and classicist Montague had few equals in the South and he was editor of Selected Letters of Cicero (1890) and Selected Letters of Pliny (1893).' (National Cyclopedia)

A descendent of Peter Montague (of Jamestown, Virginia, 1621).

Sources:
The National Cyclopedia.