Hubert G. (Hubert Gibson) Shearin

Born in 1878, Hubert Gibson Shearin was an American scholar whose work centered on English philology, especially Old English. Library and archive records identify him as the author of The Expression of Purpose in Old English Prose (1903) and The That-Clause in the Authorized Version of the Bible (1910), showing a strong interest in the history and structure of language.

Shearin also played a part in documenting traditional music. He co-authored A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs with Josiah Henry Combs in 1911, a book that helped record and organize folk material from Kentucky for later readers and researchers.

Some catalog records describe him as a professor of English philology, and a contemporary acknowledgment in The Kentucky Highlanders from a Native Mountaineer's Viewpoint refers to him as a professor of Old English and English philology at Transylvania University. He is commonly listed as having lived from 1878 to 1919.