Erle Elsworth Clippinger

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Erle Elsworth Clippinger
BornSeptember 27, 1875
DiedJanuary 7, 1939(1939-01-07) (aged 63)
OccupationProfessor of English
Period19th–20th century

Erle Elsworth Clippinger (September 27, 1875 – January 7, 1939) was an American writer, professor of English, and a scholar of children's literature in Indiana. He was one of the founding faculty members at Ball State University, where he chaired the English department for many years.

Early life and education

Clippinger was born on September 27, 1875, in

Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) in 1900, and went on to the University of Michigan, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1903 and a master's degree in 1904. He also briefly attended graduate school at Harvard University.[1][2]

Career and later life

He became an assistant professor at the

emeritus professor the same year.[2]

Clippinger died on January 7, 1939, in Muncie, Indiana.[2][4]

Books

Clippinger's published works include Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes (with Charles Madison Curry, Rand McNally 1921), Illustrated Lessons in Composition and Rhetoric (Silver, Burdett, and Co. 1912),[5] and the two volume text Written and Spoken English: A Course in Composition and Rhetoric (Silver, Burdett, and Co. 1917).[6] Written and Spoken English was widely used as a high school textbook, and Children's Literature enjoyed a second edition in 1932.[3]

Reception

Author Michael Carter, in his 2003 book Where Writing Begins: A PostModern Reconstruction, described Clippinger’s Written and Spoken English as a "classic" that is "an early example" of writing textbooks centered on "correct written presentation and correct grammar".[7]

Clippinger's book Written and Spoken English was "widely used in Chinese junior and senior colleges," wrote Xiaoye You in his book Writing in the Devil's Tongue: A History of English Composition in China.[8]

References

  1. ^ Who's who among North American authors, Los Angeles, California: Golden Syndicate Publishing Co., 1921, p. 46
  2. ^ a b c d "Erle Elsworth Clippinger", Find a grave, retrieved 6 December 2019
  3. ^
    ISBN 9780253340177
  4. ^ "Erle Elsworth Clippinger", School & Society, 49: 80, 1939
  5. ^ Reviews of Illustrated Lessons in Composition and Rhetoric: "Reviews", Educational Review, 44 (11): 427, November 1912; "Book Notices", Education, 33 (4): 255, December 1912; "Book Table", Journal of Education: 440, 24 October 1912
  6. JSTOR 42798712
  7. ISBN 9780809389070
  8. ^ Xiaoye, You (2010). Writing in the Devil's Tongue. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 34 – via Google Books.

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