LEWIS, CHARLTON MINER

(1866-1923); American educator; 6. Brooklyn, N. Y. He graduated at Yale in 1886 and entered on the practice of law in New York City in 1889. He became a member of the Yale teaching staff as instructor in English (1895-98), a istant profe or of English language and literature (1898-99), and since the latter date has been Emily Sanford profe or in that institution. His publications include The Beginnings of English Literature, 1900; Gawayne and the Green Knight, 1903; The Principles of English Verse, 1906; and The Genesis of Hamlet, 1907; He has also edited the Yale Series of Younger Poets and has contributed many articles to magazines.