Background
More, Paul Elmer was born on December 12, 1864 in Saint Louis. Son of Enoch Anson and Katherine Hay (Elmer) More.
More, Paul Elmer was born on December 12, 1864 in Saint Louis. Son of Enoch Anson and Katherine Hay (Elmer) More.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington University, 1887, Master of Arts, 1892, Doctor of Laws, 1913. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1893; Doctor of Laws, University of Glasgow, 1931. Doctor of Letters, Columbia and Dartmouth, 1917, Princeton, 1919.
Assistant in Sanskrit, Harvard, 1894-1895. Associate in Sanskrit and classical literature, Bryn Mawr College, 1895-1897. Literature editor The Independent, 1901-1903, New York Evening Post, 1903-1909.
Editor The Nation, 1909-1914.
Member American Academy Arts and Letters.
Married Henrietta Beck, June 12, 1900. Children: Mary Darrah, Alice.