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Title
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Dictionary of American Biography
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Henry Finck (1854-1926), "author and music critic" and "one of the most versatile and gifted members of his profession," born in Bethel, Missouri. Description of his career, starting with work for national magazines and newspapers in the 1870s and becoming "music critic for the 'Nation'" magazine from 1881 to 1924, also writing 17 books "on humorous, musical, or seriously philosophical topics."
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Date
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1958
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Dictionary of American Biography
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Description
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Biographical sketch of William Torrey Harris, or William Harris (1835-1909), a noted American philosopher and educator native to Connecticut and moving to Saint Louis in 1857. Description of his life and career, becoming superintendent of schools in Saint Louis in 1868 and in 1867 founding the "Journal of Speculative Philosophy," publishing the debuts of American philosophers Charles Peirce and John Dewey, et al., and the first English translations of Fichte and Schelling, et al. Description of his later career, moving to Massachusetts in 1880 "to assist in the establishment of the Concord School of Philosophy."
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Book
