He was the son of Franklin M. and Etta R. (née Goldthwaite) Wheelock.
He graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1925 and later received both M.A.
Wheelock was a member of the American Classical League, American Philological Association and the Classical Association of the Atlantic States.
Wheelock wrote a number of papers and reviews in the areas of textual criticism, paleography, and Latin studies.
Some of his works include: Biographies of Wheelock written by Ward Briggs appear in the book A Biographical Dictionary of American Classicists (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994) and in The Classical Outlook (winter 2003 issue).