Chubb, Percival, 1860-1960
Variant namesLeader of St. Louis Ethical Society; editor of THE ETHICAL STANDARD; educator and educational reformer.
From the description of Papers, 1911-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155488824
Born 1860; educated at the Stationers' School, London; entered the civil service, 1878, in the legal department of the Local Government Board; established a correspondence society for manuscript exchange called the MS Club, [1881]; member of the Progressive Association, 1882; founder member of the Fabian Society, 1884; joined the London branch of the Fellowship of the New Life, an intellectual discussion and study group dedicated to developing models of alternative societies, 1884-1889; member of the Ethical Society, 1886; emigrated to the USA, 1889; Lecturer at Thomas Davidson's School of the Cultural Sciences, Farmington, Connecticut; Lecturer, Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1890-1892; Head of English, Brooklyn Manual Training High School, 1893-1897; Principal of the Second Grade, New York Society's Ethical Culture School, 1897; Lecturer at the Pratt Institute and New York University, New York; Associate Leader, Society for Ethical Culture of New York, [1897-1910]; married his second wife, Anna Sheldon, the widow of Walter Sheldon, the founder of the St Louis Ethical Society; Leader of the St Louis Ethical Society, 1911-1932; President, Drama League of America, 1915-1920; retired 1932; President of the American Ethical Union, 1934-1939; died 1960. Publications: editor of Dryden's Palamon and Arcite; or the Knight's Tale from Chaucer (New York, 1908); On the religious frontier: from an outpost of ethical religion (Macmillan Co, New York, 1931); The teaching of English in the elementary and secondary school (Macmillan Co, new York, 1902); introduction to Select writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1888); editor of Essays of Montaigne (1893).
From the guide to the CHUBB, Percival Ashley, 1860-1960, Fabian, 1860-[1984], (British Library of Political and Economic Science)
Percival Chubb, director of English in the Ethical Culture School, New York City and lecturer at New York University.
From the description of Letter to Miss Underhill, 1915 June 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 60494331
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| referencedIn | Davidson, Thomas, 1840-1900. Thomas Davidson papers, 1857-1948 (inclusive), 1857-1902 (bulk). | Yale University Library | |
| creatorOf | Papers, 1911-1960. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Chubb, Percival, 1860-1960. Letter to Miss Underhill, 1915 June 11. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| creatorOf | Chubb, Percival, 1860-1960. Letter, 1937, to Lewis Mumford. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| creatorOf | CHUBB, Percival Ashley, 1860-1960, Fabian, 1860-[1984] | British library of political and economic science |
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