Wilkinson
WILLIAM CLEAVER, an American educator; born in Westford, Vt., Oct. 19, 1833; was graduated at the University of Rochester in 1857; and in 1873 became dean of the Department of Literature and Art in the Chautauqua University, for which he prepared many text-books. In 1892 he became Professor of Poetry at Chicago University. Among his works "The Dance of Modern Society" (1869); "A Free Lance," etc. (1874); ; "The Baptist Principle" (1881); "Webster: An Ode" (1882); "Poems" (1883); essay on "Edwin Arnold" (1884) ; "College Greek Course in English"; "The Epic of Paul"; "The Epic of Saul"; "Poems"; "Paul and the Revolt Against Him" (1914); etc. He died in 1920.