Code, Grant Hyde

Grant Hyde Code was a well-known writer and lecturer on theater and dance. A 1918 graduate of Harvard University, he, after World War I service, taught English at Harvard, Radcliff and other institutions of higher education. A former editor of Dance Observer, he was the founder and manager of the Brooklyn Museum Dance Center (1935-1938) which sponsored recitals and exhibitions. Mr. Hyde was also an actor, teacher, and public-relations person. Among his movie credits are The Miracle Worker and Serpico. He died, age 78, on June 28, 1974 in New York City.

From the guide to the Grant Hyde Code papers, 1936-1941, (The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.)