Melville Best Anderson

Background

Anderson, Melville Best was born on March 28, 1851 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Son of Reverend Professor Edward C. Anderson and Helen Best.

Education

Studied at Cornell University. Gottingen; Paris; et cetera

Career

Successively Professor at Butler College, Indiana. Knox^ College, Illinois. Purdue University, Indiana.

State University of Iowa.

Doctor of Laws, Aberdeen, 1906. Professor Emeritus since 1910. Professor 38 of English Literature, Leland Stanford JuniorUniversity, California, 1891-1910.

Connections

Father:

Professor Edward C. Anderson

Mother:

Helen Best