author
John Louis Haney
1877–1960
A Philadelphia scholar, teacher, and book lover, he wrote clear, approachable studies of English literature while building a long career in education. His work bridges literary criticism and the classroom, with books on Shakespeare, Coleridge, and broader English literary history.
2 Audiobooks
Early Reviews of English Poets
by John Louis Haney
Monsieur D'Or : A dramatic fantasy
by John Louis Haney
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1877, John Louis Haney studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his undergraduate degree in 1898 and his doctorate in 1901. He went on to teach English at Penn and was also deeply involved with Central High School in Philadelphia, where he served as a teacher and later as principal.
Haney was known as a scholar of English literature and as the author of books on figures including Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Shakespeare, along with broader surveys of English literature. Archival records also describe him as a serious book collector, and his papers preserve diaries, reading lists, correspondence, and drafts of his autobiography, showing a lifelong devotion to books and learning.
He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1929. John Louis Haney died in 1960, leaving behind the work of a teacher-scholar whose writing aimed to make literary study informed, organized, and useful to readers and students.