Clarke Fisher Ansley

Background

Ansley, Clarke Fisher was born on December 29, 1869 in Swedona, Illinois, United States. Son of Doctor J. M., and Jennie (Clarke) Ansley.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Nebraska, 1890, Doctor of Letters, 1917. Graduate study university of Leipzig, Heidelberg and Paris, 1892-1894.

Career

Instructor in English, University of Nebraska, 1894-1896, assistant professor, 1897-1898, professor, 1898-1899. Professor of English and head of department, State University of Iowa, 1899-1917, also dean College of Fine Arts, 1911-1915. Editor The New State, Lincoln, 1921-1922.

Director New School for Social Research, 1922-1923.

Editorial work for Macmillan Company, Encyclopedia Britannica, G. & C. Merriam Company, 1925-1927. Editor-in-chief Columbia University Press and Columbia Encyclopedia, since 1927.

Achievements

• Clarke Fisher Ansley has been listed as a noteworthy editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Annie Childe, August 9, 1890. Children: Arthur Childe, Alice Delight.

Father:

Doctor J. M. Ansley

Mother:

Jennie (Clarke) Ansley

Spouse:

Annie Childe

child:

Alice Delight Ansley

child:

Arthur Childe Ansley