 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muCharleston, South Carolina kuna Emma Louisa Lanneau mwanasikana waBazille Lanneau naHannah Vinyard naBenjamin Gildersleeve 17911875. Baba vake vaiva muevhangeri wePresbyterian, uye mupepeti weCharleston Christian Observer kubva muna 1826 kusvika muna 1845, weRichmond, Virginia Watchman and Observer kubva muna 1845 kusvika muna 1856, uye we The Central Presbyterian kubva muna 1856 kusvika muna 1860. Sekuru vaamai vake vaiva Bazile Lanneau akaberekwa Basile Lanoue, mumwe wevaFrench Acadians vakawanda vakadzingwa nechisimba nemaBritishkubva muNova Scotia yemazuva ano mukati meHondo yeFrance neIndia. Ambuya vake vokubereka vaiva Hannah Vinyard. Akapedza kudzidza paPrinceton muna 1849 aine makore gumi nemasere, uye akaenderera mberi nekudzidza pasi paJohannes Franz muBerlin, pasi paFriedrich Ritschl muBonn uye pasi paFriedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin kuGöttingen, kwaakawana Ph.D. muna 1853. Paakadzokera kuUnited States, akapihwa chinzvimbo chepurofesa weClassics paPrinceton, asi akaramba. Kubva muna 1856 kusvika muna 1876 akanga ari purofesa wechiGiriki paYunivhesiti yeVirginia, achiva sachigaro wechiLatin zvakare kubva muna 1861 kusvika muna 1866. Akaroora musi waSeptember 18, 1866 muMiddlebury, Virginia kuna Eliza Fisher Colston. 