Edward William Cornelius Humphrey (May 23, 1844 – March 22, 1917), also known as E.W.C. Humphrey, "Alphabet Humphrey," "Judge Humphrey," or "The Hon. E.W.C. Humphrey," was a theological and legal scholar and influential member of the National Presbyterian General Assembly. A Harvard graduate with an honorary degree from Amherst, he was also an 1864 graduate of Centre College,of which he became a trustee in 1885. He was a trustee of the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and for forty-four successive terms was elected Director of the Louisville Law Library Company. He was a leading key figure in a long discussion and eventual acceptance of a Presbyterian creed revision held in May 1902 in New York City by the national Presbyterian General Assembly, the Presbyterian denomination's