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At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
William Lyon Phelps
Born: January 2, 1865
Died: August 21, 1943 (aged 78)
Bio: William Lyon Phelps was an American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel. He was a well-known speaker who drew large crowds.
Known for:
- Essays on Russian novelists (1911)
- Essays on Books (1914)
- Autobiography: With Letters (1939)
- The advance of the English novel (1916)