William Herbert Carruth
Illustration — 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.
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William Herbert Carruth
- Born
- 1859 · Osawatomie.
- Died
- 1924
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet · philologist · literary scholar
- Education
- Harvard University · University of Kansas
- Languages
- English
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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. Carruth was president of the Pacific Coast Conference of the Unitarian Church. Carruth was an active women's suffrage supporter.
Works
• Carruth translated Hermann Gunkel's "The Legends of Genesis" into an English version published in 1901. • Carruth's poems include "Each in His Own Tongue," "Ghosts of Dreams," "Tescott" and "John Brown."
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Legacy
British composer Clara Ross used Carruth’s text for her song “Each in His Own Name.”
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- 1.University of Kansas. Collection: Personal papers of William H. Carruth Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections. archives.lib.ku.edu.
- 2.Directory. The Pacific Unitarian. January 1921.
- 3.Suffragists in Kansas. Turning Point Suffragist Memorial.
- 4.Hermann Gunkel. The Legends of Genesis. Open Court Publishing Company. 1901.
- 5.Poets' Corner – William Herbert Carruth – Selected Works. Poets' Corner.
- 6.Office, Library of Congress Copyright. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical Compositions. Part 3. Library of Congress. 1917.
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