Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954

American educator, author and editor.

American educator, essayist, and editor of the Atlantic Monthlyfrom 1899-1909.

Bliss Perry was an American educator, author, and editor. He taught at Princeton University from 1893 to 1900, and at Harvard University from 1907 to 1930 and was Harvard lecturer at the University of Paris from 1909 to 1910. From 1899 to 1909 Perry was the editor of "The Atlantic Monthly."

Perry was educated at Williams College and at the universities of Berlin and Strassburg. He taught literature at Williams College and at Princeton and Harvard Universities and wrote novels, essays, and literary studies.

American journalist, editor and critic.

Brown hon. 1930. Addressee was Brown class of 1921.

American author, educator, editor, critic.

Perry was an American educator and literary critic.

American educator and literary critic.

Perry was a college professor, editor, and author. He taught English at Williams (1886-1893), Princeton (1893-1900), and Harvard (1907-1930). From 1899 to 1909 he was editor of The Atlantic Monthly.

Perry taught English literature at Harvard.

Bliss Perry, American scholar and editor, was born in Williamstown, Mass., and educated at Williams College and abroad. He taught at Williams College, 1886-1893, Princeton University, 1893-1900, and at Harvard University from 1907-1930, and wrote critical studies of Whitman, Carlyle, Emerson, and Whittier. He was editor of the Atlantic monthly, 1899-1909, and as advisor to Houghton Mifflin, presided over the publication of the 14-volume edition of Thoreau's journals. He also wrote novels, short fiction, essays, an autobiography, studies of poetry, and collections of fiction and essays.