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After being graduated from the University in 1897, Mr. MacKaye spent three years in Europe, studying at the University of Leipzig and travelling in various parts of the continent. After returning to America he taught for four years in a private school in New York City. Since then he has devoted himself chiefly to dramatic writing, his most widely known works being "The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer," "Fenris, the Wolf," "Sappho and Phaon," "Jeanne d'Arc," and "Mater," the last three of which have been produced in New York during the past few years. Mr. MacKaye has also lectured...
After graduating from the University Mr. MacKaye studied at the University of Leipzig until 1900. He then returned to this country and taught in a private school in New York until 1904 when he began writing plays. His best known works are "The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer," "Fenris, the Wolf," "Sappho and Phaon," and "Jeanne d'Arc." The last named was produced by E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe in this country and England in 1906-07. Mr. MacKaye has also been a lecturer on American Drama in Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Buffalo...
Dean Wright was born at Urumjah, Persia, in 1852. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1873, and three years later received from Dartmouth the degree of A. M. From 1876 until 1878 he was a student of classical philology and Sanskrit at Leipzig University, where he was the fellow student and intimate friend of the late Professor Minton Warren. In 1878 he became associate professor of Greek at Dartmouth; and in 1886 professor of classical philology at Johns Hopkins. The following year he became professor of Greek at Harvard, and was later made chairman of the division of ancient...
...Worcester was graduated from Columbia, receiving an A.M. in 1886. After studying for several years at the University of Leipzig, he returned to America and became professor at Lehigh University. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Hobart College in 1897 and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1898. Since 1896, he has been rector of Emmanuel Church in Boston. Dr. Worcester has written several books on the Emmanuel movement, the most recent of which is "Religion and Medicine...
...Steffens was graduated from the University of California in 1889. He then went to Europe and studied philosophy at the Universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Leipzig, and Paris, and at the Sorbonne. On his return to America, he became a journalist and was at first reporter for the New York Evening Post, and later its assistant city editor. He has also been connected with the New York Commercial Advertiser, McClure's Magazine, and is now associate editor of the American Magazine. His work has been devoted chiefly to articles on our political situation, which have been contributed from time to time...