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Archibald Henderson
1877–1963
A mathematician by trade and a lively man of letters by instinct, he spent decades turning scholarship into readable stories about drama, history, and the people who shaped them. He became especially known for his long friendship with George Bernard Shaw and for biographies that helped introduce Shaw to a wider audience.
3 Audiobooks
The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790
by Archibald Henderson
Mark Twain
by Archibald Henderson
George Bernard Shaw, his life and works : a critical biography (authorized)
by Archibald Henderson
About the author
Born in Salisbury, North Carolina, on July 17, 1877, Archibald Henderson went on to study at the University of North Carolina, where he later taught mathematics for many years. But his interests reached far beyond the classroom: he wrote on drama, literature, and Southern history, building a reputation as a scholar who could move easily between numbers and narrative.
Henderson is best remembered as an early and devoted interpreter of George Bernard Shaw. Their friendship became a major part of his literary life, and Henderson wrote several books about Shaw that helped explain the playwright's ideas and career to American readers. His work combined careful research with an accessible style, which made him useful both to general readers and to more serious students of literature.
Over time, he also wrote about North Carolina and the wider American South, adding historian and biographer to his already unusual list of roles. He died on December 6, 1963, leaving behind the record of a remarkably varied career: professor, critic, historian, and author all in one.