Crosby, Edward Harold, 1859-1934

Edward Harold Crosby (1859-1934) was the dramatic critic of the Boston Post for the past 44 years and author of many books and plays. He was born in Boston in 1859 to Edward and Eliza A (Nichols) Crosby, and spent his entire life in his native city. After graduating from the Boston high school in 1874, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy. In 1883, he married Miss Medora B. Robbins of New York (1865-1946).

Crosby started his career with the Boston Post in 1866 and four years later he became the Post's dramatic critic. He was also a playwright and author, as well as a critic. As far back as 1909, his first work, "Radiana," was published, followed by "The Evolution of Fredda" in 1911,"The Hour of Reckoning," "The Catspaw," "A Modern Parasite," "The Cup of Memory," "The Hand of an Enemy," "A Lesson in Realism," "The Menace," "Pants and Petticoats," 1919, "Naughty Florence," 1920, "My Greenwich Village Girl," 1921, "Behind the Screen," 1922, "The Taming of Helen," 1925, "Married or Not?" 1927, and "His Stenographer" 1928.

Crosby was also greatly interested in electricity and was an amateur electrician. He had taken out 10 American and European patents and was an inventor of one of the first dry batteries put on the market.