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Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) Bachelor
1889–1947
An American poet, editor, and educator, he wrote with a teacher’s clarity and a poet’s ear. He is also remembered at Miami University, where Bachelor Hall was later named in his honor.
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The Century Vocabulary Builder
by Garland Greever, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) Bachelor
About the author
Joseph Morris Bachelor was an American author, poet, editor, and educator who also wrote under the name Joseph Morris. Sources agree that he was closely tied to Ohio, and records from Miami University and library catalogs show a career that blended teaching, literary work, and editing.
He studied at Miami University, earning an A.B. in 1911, and then at Harvard University, where he completed an A.M. in 1912. He went on to build a reputation not only as a writer of poetry but also as an editor of verse collections, including collaborations with St. Clair Adams.
His work still turns up in public-domain and library collections, including The Century Vocabulary Builder and the anthology It Can Be Done: Poems of Inspiration. Miami University archives preserve materials connected with him, and the campus building Bachelor Hall reflects the lasting mark he left there.