Frank Herbert Chase

Background

Chase, Frank Herbert was born on April 22, 1870 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Hazen M. and Fannie L. (Hale) Chase.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1894, Doctor of Philosophy, 1896.

Career

Teacher Cheshire (Connecticut) Academy, 1896-1897. Traveled and studied (Berlin) in Europe, 1897-1898. Tutor in English, Yale, 1898-1900.

Traveled in Near East, 1900-1901.

Instructor in English, Bates College, 1901-1902. Professor of English, Centre College, Kentucky, 1902-1904.

Professor of English literature, Beloit College, 1904-1911. With Boston Public Library, since 1911, custodian Special Libraries until 1916, custodian Bates Hall, 1916-1923, reference librarian, since 1923.

Was Professor of English Summer School, Oberlin College Organized Wisconsin Association of English Teachers (first president).

Librarian University Club (Boston). Secretary Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts Junior warden Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Hingham, Massachusetts Author: Bibliographical Guide to Old English Syntax, 1896. Bibliography of American Art and Artists before 1835, 1918.

Achievements

• Frank Herbert Chase has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mary Hollands McLean (Bachelor of Arts, Wellesley, 1896), June 30, 1903.

Father:

Hazen M. Chase

Mother:

Fannie L. (Hale) Chase

Spouse:

Mary Hollands McLean