Harry Peyton Steger

Harry Peyton Steger
Portrait of Harry Peyton Steger at 22, 1904.
Born (1883-03-02)March 2, 1883
Moscow, Tennessee
Died January 4, 1913(1913-01-04) (aged 29)
New York City, New York
Occupation Editor, writer, professor
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Texas
Spouse Dorothy McCormick

Harry Peyton Steger (2 March 1883 – 4 January 1913) was an American writer and editor.

Career overview

Steger was born in Moscow, Tennessee, in 1883. After attending public schools there he entered the University of Texas. Following his graduation, he attended the Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar[1] and later went to Johns Hopkins, where he studied Sanskrit.[2] Harry Steger worked as a journalist both in England and in America. He was also a literary adviser to Doubleday, Page & Co., literary executor of O. Henry, and editor of Short Stories Magazine. He died in New York city of kidney failure. He is buried in Willow Wild Cemetery in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas.

Works

Miscellany

Further reading

  • Johnson, Frank W. (1914). A History of Texas and Texans, 5 Vols., (ed.) E. C. Barker and E. W. Winkler. Chicago and New York: American Historical Society.

References

  1. ↑ "Chill Airs of Our Men at Oxford," The Literary Digest, October 29, 1910.
  2. ↑ Jones, Vernon M. "Harry Peyton Steger, Texas, '02," The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta, Vol. XXXVII, 1912-1913.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.