author
Edwin Watts Chubb
1865–1959
A longtime Ohio University professor and dean, he wrote lively, accessible books that helped readers meet great writers through their lives as well as their works. He was also a respected Shakespeare scholar and served twice as the university’s acting president.
1 Audiobook
Stories of Authors, British and American
by Edwin Watts Chubb
About the author
Born in 1865, Edwin Watts Chubb built his career around literature, teaching, and public service. Ohio University records describe him as a professor of English who became dean of the College of Liberal Arts in 1907, and later served twice as the university’s acting president, first after the death of Alston Ellis in 1920 and again after the death of Elmer Burritt Bryan in 1934.
He was especially known as a scholar of William Shakespeare. University materials also note that he studied at Schuylkill Academy and Lafayette College and received an honorary degree from Albright College. Beyond campus leadership, he wrote books aimed at making literature more approachable, including Stories of Authors, British and American and Masters of English Literature.
That mix of scholarship and readability helps explain his lasting appeal. His work invites readers not only to study literature, but to get to know the people behind it — a warm, human approach that still suits audiobook listeners today.