Alden, Raymond Macdonald, 1873-1924

Raymond MacDonald Alden, born in 1873 in New Hartford, New York, received his A.B. in English from the University of Pennsylvania (1894), A.M. from Harvard (1896) and completed his Ph.D. at University of Pennsylvania (1898). He came to Stanford in 1901 as Assistant Professor of English and Rhetoric and in 1909 was promoted to Associate Professor. From 1911-1915, he served as professor and chairman of the Department of English at the University of Illinois. He returned in 1915 to Stanford as full professor and department chairman, positions he held until his death in 1924. Alden wrote both non-fiction and works of fiction and poetry.

From the description of Raymond Macdonald Alden papers, 1891-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702129430

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