Francis Perry Elliott

Background

Elliott, Francis Perry was born on July 29, 1861 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Francis and Mary Elliott.

Education

Educational public schools, Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University, Nashville. English literature, classics and rhetoric under specialists.

Career

Teacher and superintendent in Public school systems in Tennessee and Mississippi, 1883-1890. Professor of English literature, Belmont College, Nashville, 1880-1886. Head master, The Castle, Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York, 1896-1898.

With Harper & Brothers, New York, 1898-1900.

Managing editor Home Magazine, New York, 1900-1903, The New Age, Washington, 1903-1904, The Great Southwest, Denver, 1906-1908.

Achievements

• Francis Perry Elliott has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mason.

Connections

Married Winifred McKenzie Payne, September 22, 1897.