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Cross (WILBUR LUCIUS an American)

WILBUR LUCIUS, an American educator and editor, born in Mansfield, Conn., in 1862. He graduated from Yale in 1885 and took post-graduate CROTHERS studies at that university. In 1902, after having occupied several positions on the faculty of Yale, he became professor of English in the Sheffield Scientific School.

In 1916 he was appointed dean of the Graduate School at Yale. He was editor of the "Yale Review" and in 1903 was lecturer at Columbia.

He was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His writings include "Development of the English Novel" 1899); and "History of Henry Fielding" (1918). He also edited the works of many English writers, contributed articles on literature to several encyclopædias , and was a wellknown contributor to magazines.