ARCHER, WILLIAM

(1856), a British author and dramatic critic, 6. in Perth, Scotland. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, he studied law at the Middle Temple, but instead of practicing became a journalist, in London, in 1878. In the following year he became dramatic critic for Figaro, and later for The World, The Tribune, The Nation and finally The Star. He first became known from his translation of the collected works of Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist. He is also the author of a great many other works, among them being Life of Mac ready, America To-day, (1900); Through Afro-America, (1910); Play Making, (1912); The Thirteen Days, (1915); God and Mr. Wells, (1917); War ts War (a drama, 1919), and A National Theatre Scheme and Estimates (in collaboration with Granville Barker, 1907).