Hughes, Glenn, 1894-1964
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Fuller Name
- Glenn Arthur
Variants
- Hughes, Glenn Arthur, 1894-1964
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1894-12-07
Death Date
- 1964-03-21
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1919
- Affiliation End: 1961
- Organization: University of Washington
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1919
- Affiliation End: 1930
- Organization: University of Washington. Department of Dramatic Art
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1930
- Affiliation End: 1940
- Organization: University of Washington. Division of Drama
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1940
- Affiliation End: 1961
- Organization: University of Washington. School of Drama
Birth Place
- Cozad (Neb.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
English literature--Study and teaching (Higher)
(lcsh) Drama--Study and teaching (Higher)
Occupation
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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: His Souls and other poems ... 1917.
- found: American authors and books, c1972(Hughes, Glenn (Arthur); b. Dec. 7, 1894, Cozad, Neb.; educator, playwright, poet)
- found: Author biographies master index, 5th ed.(Hughes, Glenn Arthur, 1894-1964)
- found: Believe it or not, 1936:title page (Glenn Hughes)
- found: HistoryLink website, viewed April 16, 2018(Hughes, Glenn (1894-1964). Glenn Arthur Hughes arrived at the University of Washington as a teaching fellow in September 1919. Hughes was born in Cozad, Nebraska, in 1894. After graduating from high school in 1912 as Class Poet, Hughes attended Stanford University on a scholarship; he majored in English. He graduated in 1916, at age 22, and took a teaching job at Bellingham State Normal School (now Western Washington University). He taught there for two years, served a brief stint in the Army at the end of World War I, and then moved to the University of Washington as a teaching fellow in English. In 1920, he acquired his master's degree, the first to be awarded by the UW for creative rather than strictly scholarly work. His "thesis" was a book of poems. He started several local literary publications, edited volumes of poetry and plays written by his students, and, with his first wife, Babette Plechner, translated French plays and monologues. He also launched Seattle's first foreign film series. Appointed head of a newly created Division of Drama in 1930; Hughes, under pressure, resigned his directorship of the Drama School on June 30, 1961. He died on March 21, 1964, after several weeks in a Seattle hospital) - http://www.historylink.org/File/3694
- found: University of Washington School of Drama website, April 16, 2018:about > history (The School of Drama traces its origins to 1919 when Glenn Hughes joined the faculty of the Department of Dramatic Art, a part of the English Department. From 1930 to 1961 he led the Department, which became the School of Drama in 1940)
LC Classification
- PS3515.U2735
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Change Notes
- 1982-03-18: new
- 2018-06-21: revised
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