John Erskine (educator)

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John Erskine (October 5, 1879 - June 2, 1951) was a U.S. educator and author, born in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University (A.M., 1901; Ph. D., 1903).

Professor Erskine was employed at Columbia and Amherst. He instituted Columbia College's Contemporary Civilization class, the first component of what would become the college's Core Curriculum. Erskine was also the author of numerous publications, including:

  • The Elizabethan Lyric (1903)
  • Selections from the Faerie Queene (1905)
  • Actœon and Other Poems (1907)
  • Leading American novelists (1910)
  • Written English, with Helen Erskine (1910; revised edition, 1913)
  • Selections from the Idylls of the King (1912)
  • The Kinds of Poetry (1913)
  • Poems of Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats, with W. P. Trent (1914)
  • The Moral Obligation of the Intelligent, and Other Poems (1915)
  • The Shadowed Hour (1917)
  • Democracy and Ideals (1920)
  • The Little Disciple (1923)
  • "Private Life of Helen of Troy" (1925)
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