Background
Allen, William Hervey was born on December 8, 1889 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Hervey and Helen Ebey (Myers) Allen.
Allen, William Hervey was born on December 8, 1889 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Hervey and Helen Ebey (Myers) Allen.
United States Naval Academy, 1910-1911. Bachelor of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1915, Doctor of Letters, 1934. Studied Harvard, 1920-1922.
Honorary Doctor of Letters, Washington and Jefferson College 1947.
Instructor English, Porter Military Academy, Charleston, South Carolina., 1920-1921. Instructor English, high school, Charleston, 1922-1924. With department of English, Columbia University, 1924-1925.
Lecturer on American Literature, Vassar College, 1926-1927.
Lecturer on modern poetry. Bread Loaf (Vermont) School of English and Writers’ Conference, 1930, 31.
Midshipman United States Navy, 1909-1910. Second lieutenant 18th Pennsylvania Infantry, on Mexican border, 1916.
First lieutenant 111th Infantry, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919, World War.
Wounded in action, August 1918. Instructor English, French Military Mission. Regional information representative, War Manpower Commission, consultant, 1944.
Member Board of Governors Saint Johns College, Annapolis, Maryland. Fellow Royal Society of Arts. Member National Institute Arts and Letters, Miami History Society, Poetry Society America, MacDowell Colony, Poetry Society of South Carolina (founder), History Society Southern Florida, History Society of Pennsylvania.
Clubs: Surf (Miami Beach).
Married Ann Hyde Andrews, June 30, 1927. Children: Marcia Andrews, Mary Ann, Richard Francis.