William Herbert Carruth

W.H. Carruth

William Herbert Carruth (April 5, 1859 – December 15, 1924) was an American educator and poet. He taught at the University of Kansas and Stanford University.

Life

William Herbert Carruth was born in Osawatomie, Kansas on April 5, 1859. He earned AB and MA degrees in modern languages from the University of Kansas (KU) and later two more advanced languages degrees, another MA and a PhD, from Harvard. Carruth taught languages and literature at KU from 1880 until 1913, and was Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University from 1913 to 1924.[1][2] Carruth was president of the Pacific Coast Conference of the Unitarian Church.[3] He died in Palo Alto, California on December 15, 1924.[4]

Works

Carruth's poems include "Each in His Own Tongue." [5]

References

  1. ↑ KU History, retrieved Oct 2015
  2. ↑ Stanford University Libraries, retrieved Oct 2015
  3. ↑ The Pacific Unitarian, San Francisco, January 1921, retrieved Oct 2015
  4. ↑ findagrave.com, retrieved Oct 2015
  5. ↑ allpoetry.com, retrieved Oct 2015

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