Neilson William Allan

Accomplishments

• Scottish-American educator, writer, and lexicographer [Wikipedia]
• President of Smith College from 1917 to 1939 [Wikipedia]
• Editor of the second edition of Webster's New International Dictionary (1934) [Wikipedia]
• Author of critical works on literature, including Shakespeare, Robert Burns, and the Elizabethan theatre [Wikipedia]
• Edited the Cambridge and Tudor editions of Shakespeare [Wikipedia]

Biography

• Born in Doune, Scotland on March 28, 1869 [Wikipedia]
• Immigrated to the United States in 1895 and became a naturalized citizen in 1905 [Wikipedia]
• Earned a Master's degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1891 [Smith College Finding Aids]
• Received a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University in 1898 [Wikipedia]
• Taught at various institutions including Bryn Mawr College, Harvard University, and Columbia University [Wikipedia]