The New York Times/1918/11/11/Dr. Fernald Dies at 80
DR. FERNALD DIES AT 80.
Baptist Clergyman Was Associate Editor of Standard Dictionary.
The Rev. Dr. James Champlain Fernald, for many years on the editorial staff of the Funk & Wagnalls Company, publishers, died yesterday at his home, 207 Lorraine Avenue, Upper Montclair. Dr. Fernald was born in Portland, Me., Aug. 18, 1838, and was graduated from Harvard in 1860 and from the Newton Theological Institute in 1866.
Dr. Fernald, for many years was pastor of Baptist churches in Maine, Vermont, and Ohio, and in 1889 became one of the associate editors of The Standard Dictionary. He was dean of the Department of English of the Intercontinental University at Washington, for a time, and among his twenty-four books, the last, "Expressive English," was published only a few days ago.
Dr. Fernald is survived by his widow and by four sons and two daughters, these being Charles B., Henry C. and Luther D. Fernald, of New York; Lieutenant James G. Fernald of the Flying Pursuit Detachment, in France; Miss Grace M. Fernald, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Miss Mabel R. Farnald of Washington. Penn.