Background
Lane, William Coolidge was born on July 29, 1859 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William H. and Caroline M. (Coolidge) Lane.
Lane, William Coolidge was born on July 29, 1859 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William H. and Caroline M. (Coolidge) Lane.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1881.
Assistant librarian, Harvard., 1887-1893. Librarian, Boston Athenæum, 1893-1898, Harvard University, 1898-1928. Librarian emeritus, since 1928.
President American Library Association, 1898-1899, Bibliographical Society America, 1904-1909, secretary and treasurer and later chairman American Library Association publishing board, 1886-1907.
Secretary Harvard Chapter Phi Beta Kappa, 1889-1919. Home: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Married Bertha Palmer, May 12, 1903. Children: Margaret, Rosamond (Mistress Milton East. Lord).