The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Winchester, Caleb Thomas

WINCHESTER, Caleb Thomas, American scholar and educator: b. Montville, Conn., 18 Jan. 1847. He graduated from Wesleyan University 1869, and studied at the University of Leipzig 1880-81. He served his Alma Mater as librarian 1869-73; was professor of rhetoric and English literature 1873-1890 and since then professor of English literature. He is a lecturer of great charm and wide reputation. He is the author of &lsquo;Five Short Courses of Reading English Literature&rsquo; (1892; 3d ed., 1911); &lsquo;Some Principles of Literary Criticism&rsquo; (1899); &lsquo;The Life of John Welsey&rsquo; (1906), considered by many critics the best published; &lsquo;A Group of English Essayists&rsquo; (1910); &lsquo;Representative English Essays, with introduction and notes&rsquo; (1914); &lsquo;Wordsworth &mdash; How to Know Him&rsquo; (1916).