Background
Howe, Will David was born on August 25, 1873 in Charlestown, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert Long and Elizabeth Ellen (Carr) Howe.
Howe, Will David was born on August 25, 1873 in Charlestown, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert Long and Elizabeth Ellen (Carr) Howe.
Bachelor of Arts, Butler College, 1893. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1895, Master of Arts, 1897, Doctor of Philosophy, 1899.
Professor English, Butler College, 1899-1906, Indiana University, 1906-1919, Columbia University, summers, 1906-1916. Member Harcourt, Brace & Howe, public, 1919-1921. Editor and director Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1921-1942.
Chairman board Skidmore College, Saratoga Spgs.
Member edit board of American Scholar. Member Phi Beta Kappa (senator), Delta Tau Delta. Club: Century (New York City).
Joint author: Rhetoric, 1908.
Married Elizabeth Poulson, December 20, 1902. Children: Robert Poulson, Rebecca, Elizabeth Lucia.