Stevenson, Egbert, 1872-1962

Anthologist, author, and librarian.

From the description of Papers of Burton Egbert Stevenson, 1900-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449581

Biographical Note

• 1872, Nov. 9: Born, Chillicothe, Ohio
• 1890 - 1893 : Attended Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
• 1894 - 1898 : City editor, Chillicothe Daily News
• 1895: Married Elizabeth Shepard Butler (died 1960)
• 1898 - 1899 : On staff of Daily Advertiser
• 1899 - 1957 : Public librarian, Chillicothe, Ohio
• 1901: Published At Odds with the Regent. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co.
• 1912: Published The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1912. New York: H. Holt and Co.
• 1917: Organized library at Camp Sherman, Ohio
• 1918 - 1920 : Established and directed American Library in Paris, France
• 1925: Published Home Book of Modern Verse. New York: H. Holt and Co.
• 1926 - 1930 : Director, American Library in Paris, Paris France
• 1934: Published Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
• 1962, May 13: Died

From the guide to the Burton Egbert Stevenson Papers, 1900-1951, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)