Background
Clapp, John Mantle was born on September 16, 1870 in at Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of of Oliver Martin and Lois Antoinette (Comstock) C.
Clapp, John Mantle was born on September 16, 1870 in at Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of of Oliver Martin and Lois Antoinette (Comstock) C.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1890, A.M., 1893. University of Chicago, 1895.
Instructor in English, 1890-1804, professor, 1894-1899, Illinois College. Assistant Professor of English, 1899-1904, associate professor, 1904-1906. Indiana U. Professor of English, Lake Forest (Illinois) U., 1906-1916, with the Ronald Press County, New York, since 1916.
Member Modern Language Association America, Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Congregationalist.
Married Margaret Linton Paterson, of Buffalo, New York, June 18, 1896.