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William Allan Neilson
William Allan Neilson (28 March 1869 – 1946) was a Scottish-American educator, writer and lexicographer, graduated in the University of Edinburgh in 1891 and became a Ph.D. in Harvard University in 1898. He was president of Smith College between 1917 and 1939.
Neilson was born in Doune, Scotland and he emigrated to the United States in 1895, being naturalised 3 August 1905. He taught at Bryn Mawr College from 1898 to 1900, Harvard from 1900 to 1904, Columbia from 1904 to 1906
Knight (transl. by William Allan Neilson)
- "Essentials of Poetry" (1912)
- The Facts About Shakespeare (1913)
- "History of English Literature" (1920)
Further reading.
- Margaret Farrand Thorp, "Neilson of Smith" (1956)
External links.
- Allison Lockwood, "Making of a president: Smith College's William Allan Neilson," "Daily Hampshire Gazette", 8 May 2010.
- William Allan Neilson Personal Papers, 1852-