Background
Boughton, Willis was born on April 17, 1854 in Victor, New York, United States. Son of Myron and Jane M. (Farnam) Boughton.
Boughton, Willis was born on April 17, 1854 in Victor, New York, United States. Son of Myron and Jane M. (Farnam) Boughton.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1881. Higher diploma, Teachers College (Columbia), 1902. Master of Arts (honorary), Dickinson College, 1891.
Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio University, 1900.
In business Ann Arbor, 1882-1886. Teacher, Cincinnati, 1889. Professor of history and English, Ohio University, 1890-1891, rhetoric and English literature, 1892-1899.
Philadelphia secretary American Society for Extension of University Teaching, and lecturer on English, University of Pennsylvania, 1891-1892.
Assistant, department English, Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, 1899-1924, department chairman, 1900-1903, retired 1924. Lecturer: Brooklyn Teachers’ Association, 1904-1907, and since 1913.
English literature, Adelphi College, 1906-1907. English poetry and poets, in public lecture system of New York Board of Education, 1903-1916.
Lecturer, Brooklyn Institute, 1909-1928, president department of philology, 1913-1930.
Teacher of English Colby Academy, 1927-1928. Lecturer in English, extramural division, New York University, 1913-1918.
Member Beta Theta Pi.
Married Martha Elizabeth Arnold, July 8, 1884 (died May 18, 1928). Children: Willis Arnold, Paul North. Editor Ann Arbor Courier, 1881-1882.