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Claude Moore Fuess
1885–1963
A longtime Phillips Academy educator who went on to become its headmaster, he wrote widely on American history, biography, and the life of New England schools. His work blends a teacher’s eye for character with a historian’s feel for place and tradition.
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Lord Byron as a satirist in verse
by Claude Moore Fuess
About the author
Born in Waterville, New York, in 1885, Claude Moore Fuess built his career as an educator, historian, and author. He studied at Amherst College, then earned graduate degrees at Columbia University before joining Phillips Academy in Andover as an English teacher.
Fuess spent decades at Phillips Academy and served as the school’s 10th headmaster from 1933 to 1948. Alongside his work in education, he wrote and edited many books, including biographies and local and institutional histories, and became especially associated with the story of Andover and New England.
He died in 1963. Remembered as both a school leader and a prolific man of letters, Fuess left behind writing that reflects a deep interest in American public life, notable personalities, and the traditions of education.