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Albertus T. (Albertus True) Dudley
1866–1955
Best known for lively school and sports stories set around Phillips Exeter, this American writer turned football, baseball, and rowing into tales about teamwork, grit, and growing up. He also became a deeply involved citizen of Exeter, New Hampshire, where he spent much of his life.
5 Audiobooks
The Yale Cup
by Albertus T. (Albertus True) Dudley
Making the Nine
by Albertus T. (Albertus True) Dudley
The School Four
by Albertus T. (Albertus True) Dudley
In the Line
by Albertus T. (Albertus True) Dudley
With Mask and Mitt
by Albertus T. (Albertus True) Dudley
About the author
Born in New York in 1866, Albertus True Dudley studied at Harvard and later in Germany before building a career in education. He taught at Phillips Exeter Academy in the late 1880s and early 1890s, then at Noble and Greenough's School in Boston, experiences that helped shape the school settings and athletic details in his fiction.
Dudley is remembered for boys' books such as Following the Ball, Making the Nine, The Yale Cup, The School Four, and With Mask and Mitt. Many of these stories center on prep-school life and sports, especially football, baseball, and rowing, and they aim to be exciting while keeping a strong sense of character and fair play.
Beyond writing, he was active in civic life in Exeter, New Hampshire. Local historical sources describe him as a loyal supporter of the town; he helped found the Exeter Historical Society in 1928 and also served as a trustee of Exeter Hospital. He died in Exeter in 1955.