Payne, William Morton
William Morton Payne Soundex Code P500
William Morton Payne (February 14, 1858, Newburyport – 1919)
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William Morton Payne was an American educator, literary critic and writer.
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Chicago Tribune, Saturday, July 12, 1919, page 13, William M. Payne, Literary Critic and Author, Dies
William Morton Payne, well known in Chicago and throughout the country as an educator, writer, and literary critic, died yesterday, Friday, July 11, 1858, in the Presbyterian Hospital after an illness of more than two months. In spite of his seemly frail physique, Mr. Payne had rallied from a series of operations at the hospital and until a few days ago he and his friends were hopeful he would soon be well and about again.
Mr. Payne was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1858 and had been a resident of Chicago for fifty-one years. Up to the time of his illness he was in active service as professor of English at the McKinley High School. In that school and its predecessor, the old West Division High School, he had been a teacher for many years. Thousands of Chicagoans knew him as their teacher in their high school days.
Mr. Payne received most of his education in the public schools of this city.
He became successively literary editor of the Chicago Morning News, Chicago Evening Journal, and associate editor of the Dial, in which connection he remained until recently--until it was sold by the Brownes and moved to New York. As a literary critic he became widely known. Among his books were: The New Education, Little Leaders, Editorial Echoes, Various Views, The Greater English Poets of the Nineteenth Century, and The Leading American
Mr. Payne gained a world wide recognition for his translation works--French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian.
During the World's Fair, he served as president of the philological congress. He was a former president of the Chicago French Club, Secretary/Treasurer of the Twentieth Century Club and president of the Chicago Literary Club. In recent years, he was one of the active members of the Cliff Dwellers Club.
He was never married. The funeral will be held tomorrow, Sunday July 13, 1919, at 3:00 p.m. from the home of Professor Paul Shorey of the University of Chicago at 5516 Woodlawn Avenue. Burial will be at Oakwoods Cemetery.
