John William Cunliffe Explained

John William Cunliffe (January 20, 1865 - 1946) was a scholar and writer. He was a professor and English department chairman at Columbia University^[1] and also directed the school's journalism department.^{[2] [3]} He was born in England.

Career

Cunliffe was one of the contributing editors to the Library of the World's Best Literature. He coauthored an introduction to one of the revised, updated, and expanded editions.^[4] He was succeeded at Columbia by Carl W. Ackerman.^[5]

In March 1928, Columbia University Press announced a plan to publish a survey of literature chaired by Cunliffe.^[6] Columbia University has a collection of English department correspondence that includes Cunliffe.^[7]

Bibliography

• Poems of the Great War by John William Cunliffe, The Macmillan Company, 1916 on behalf of the Belgian scholarship committee
• Leaders of the Victorian revolution (1934) by John William Cunliffe
• The influence of Seneca on Elizabethan tragedy (1893) by John William Cunliffe
• English literature during the last half-century (1919) by John William Cunliffe, a collection of essays
• English literature in the twentieth century (1933) by John William Cunliffe
• The complete works of George Gascoigne (1907) by George Gascoigne edited by John William Cunliffe
• Modern English playwrights; a short history of the English drama from 1825 (1927) by John William Cunliffe
• The Columbia University Course in Literature : Writers of Modern America, John W. Cunliffe (Chairman), Columbia University Press, New York, 1929
• Early English classical tragedies (1912) by John William Cunliffe
• Century readings for a course in English literature (1910) by John William Cunliffe
• Writing of Today : Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe
• College English Composition (article)^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cunliffe, John William 1865-1946 . worldcat.org . WorldCat Identities.
2. Web site: J.W. Cunliffe. loc.gov. Library of Congress.
3. Web site: COLUMBIA ALTERS JOURNALISM POLICY; J.W. Cunliffe, Director, Tells Plans to Make Courses More Useful to News Students. REPORTING TO BE STRESSED Laboratory Work in Copy Editing Will Be Concentrated -- Other Changes Are Announced.. 24 January 1926. The New York Times.
4. Web site: John William Cunliffe and Ashley Horace Thorndike. Preface. Warner, et al., comp. 1917. The Library of the World's Best Literature. www.bartleby.com.
5. Book: Pulitzer's School: Columbia University's School of Journalism, 1903-2003. James R.. Boylan. Professor James. Boylan. 28 November 2018. Columbia University Press. Google Books. 9780231130905.
6. Web site: Columbia Daily Spectator 5 March 1928 — Columbia Spectator. spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. Columbia University.
7. Columbia University English Department Correspondence, 1896-1961www.columbia.edu › Libraries Home
8. College English Composition. John W.. Cunliffe. 28 November 2018. The English Journal. 1. 10. 591–600. 10.2307/801824. 801824.