Background

Griswold, William Mccrillis was born on October 9, 1853 in. Son of Rufus W. and Harriet Stanley (McCrillis) Griswold.

Education

Graduate Exeter Academy, 1871, Harvard, 1875.

Career

Spent several years in Europe, contributed articles to American journals, after 1875. Clerk patent office Library of Congress, 1882-1888. Engaged in production of periodical indexes published at his own expense under pseudonym Q.P. Index (bibliographies marked by eccentricities in abbreviations and spelling), works include: A General Index to the Nation, Volumes I-III, 1880.

A Directory of Writers for the Literary Press in the United States, 1884.

The Novels of 1897, published 1897. Passages from the Correspondence and Other Papers of Rufus West. Griswold, 1898.

Achievements

• William Mccrillis Griswold has been listed as a noteworthy bibliographer. by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Anne Deering Merrill, September 14, 1882, 4 children.

Father:

Rufus West. Griswold

Mother:

Harriet Stanley (McCrillis) Griswold

Spouse:

Anne Deering Merrill