William Royall Tyler '74.

Professor William Royall Tyler '74, principal of Adams Academy in Quincy, died suddenly after a short illness of pneumonia, yesterday afternoon.

Professor Tyler was born in Boston, Dec. 12, 1852, and prepared for Harvard at the Boston Latin School. While in College he was president of the Athenaeum and O. K. societies, and of the Advocate. He was considered one of the most accomplished teachers in New England of classics, French history and English literature.