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Byron J. (Byron Johnson) Rees
1877–1920
A professor of English who also wrote devotional works, he moved between literary scholarship and practical religious writing in the early 1900s. His surviving books range from spiritual reflection to anthologies that helped introduce students to English and American prose.
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The Heart-Cry of Jesus
by Byron J. (Byron Johnson) Rees
About the author
Born in 1877, Byron J. Rees was an American writer and editor whose full name appears in library and Project Gutenberg records as Byron Johnson Rees. His work shows two clear sides of his career: devotional books such as The Heart-Cry of Jesus and literary anthologies including Nineteenth Century Letters and Modern American Prose Selections.
Rees also taught literature at the college level. A 1920 edition of Modern American Prose Selections identifies him as a professor of English at Williams College, suggesting that he was active both as a classroom teacher and as an editor shaping reading for students.
He died in 1920 at a relatively young age. Even with limited biographical detail available online, the books attached to his name suggest a writer interested both in inward spiritual life and in bringing major English-language prose within reach of general readers and students.