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CHAUNCEY BREWSTER, an American college professor; born in Auburn, Me., 1876. He graduated from Yale in 1899 and became associate instructor in English at Bryn Mawr in 1902; instructor in English in 1903; assistant professor in 1908; then professor of English literature at Yale in 1913.

Among his works are: "A Critical Bibliography of the Translations of Beowulf" (1903); "Selections from Ruskin" (1908); "Dr. Johnson and Fanny Burney" (1911); "The Salon and English Letters" (1915). During 1918-1919 he was captain in the Military Intelligence Division of the general staff, United States Army.

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