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S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry
1847–1921
A leading voice teacher and elocution professor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he helped shape how speech and expression were taught in America. His work also left a lasting mark through the school that later became Curry College.
2 Audiobooks
How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions
by S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry
Browning and the Dramatic Monologue
by S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry
About the author
Born in Tennessee in 1847, Samuel Silas Curry became an American professor of elocution and vocal expression. After studying at Grant University and Boston University, he built his career around rhetoric, speaking, and performance.
In Boston, he worked closely with Anna Baright Curry in the School of Elocution and Expression, an institution that became closely tied to his name and later evolved into Curry College. He wrote widely on reading, speaking, and voice training, and was known for treating expression as something rooted in both mind and body.
Curry died in Boston in 1921. Today he is remembered mainly for his influence on speech education and for the many students and teachers shaped by his approach to oratory and vocal training.