6 September 1867 - 21 May 1940, age72

• Graduated third in his class.
• USMA Department Head: June 1904 to September 1931.

Biography of Prof. Echols.

Echols in Europe, July 1905 - July 1906.

Information about Echols in the USMA archives.

Portraits:
An oil painting by Chester Harding is hanging in the main dining room of the Thayer Hotel as of October 1998. I suspect that these paintings are periodically rotated. Check at the museum to find out what is known about such paintings.

Genealogy:

His father, William Holding Echols (#1801) graduated in 1858.

Publications:

• Report on European military academies, 1905-1906. MANUSCRIPTS-PERSHING CNTR SPEC Mss. Description:  81 p. ; 34 cm. Gift of Col. William R. Russell
•  Summary:  Army officer, professor of mathematics, USMA, 1895-1935. Report on the curriculum and educational systems of French, British, Austrian, German and Italian military academies with recommendations for curriculum changes at the United States Military Academy, West Point.
• This could be very informative. Be sure to take a look at it.
• Linear perspective / prepared under the direction of Charles P. Echols by George Bigelow Pillsbury, 1876-1951. Imprint: West Point, N.Y. : Military Academy Print. Off., 1911. SPECIAL COLL-BSMT-B30 T369 .P5 1911. Description: 54 p. : diagrs. ; 25 cm.  Subjects: Perspective, United States Military Academy -- Text-books

• Linear perspective / prepared under the direction of Charles P. Echols by George B. Pillsbury. Imprint: West Point, N.Y. : United States Military Academy Press, 1925. Edition: 3rd manuscript.  SPECIAL COLL-BSMT-B30. T369 .P5 1925. Description: 58 p. : diagrs. ; 25 cm

References:

Arney, Chris, West Point's Scientific 200: Celebration of the Bicentennial. Biographies of 200 of West Point's Most Successful and Influential Mathematicians, Scientists, Engineers, and Technologists, 2002.

Cullum #3387.