Background
Kroll, Harry Harrison was born on February 18, 1888 in near Hartford City, Indiana, United States. Son of Darius Wesley and Caroline (Cripe) Kroll.
Kroll, Harry Harrison was born on February 18, 1888 in near Hartford City, Indiana, United States. Son of Darius Wesley and Caroline (Cripe) Kroll.
Bachelor of Science, Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee, 1923, Master of Arts, 1925.
Rural school teacher and high school principal, Alabama, 1911-1921. Professor of English and head department, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, 1925-1927. Professor journalism, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, 1928-1929.
Instructor in journalism and publicity, Peabody College, summers 1925-1931, associate professor, head English Department, University of Tennessee Junior College (Martin, Tennessee), professor emeritus, from 1958.
Free lance writer, 1930-1935. Fiction advisory editor Southern Literary Messenger, 1940-1943.
Book reviewer, Commercial Appeal (Memphis) and Nashville Tennesseean (Nashville), New York Times Book Section.
Member American Dialect Society Methodist.
Married Nettie Heard, May 12, 1911. Children: Harry Harrison II, Robert Torrey, Danny Wesley.