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Metcalfe Turns Fifty Five on Life Critics History
James Stetson Metcalfe, longtime Life dramatic critic born June 27, 1858 in Buffalo, celebrated his fifty fifth birthday. He rose from Modern Age editor to Life dramatic editor in 1889 and faced hostile theatre managers while earning praise from Life president Mitchell for his keen if contentious critiques. Also included is Frank Rattray Lillie, born in Toronto forty three years ago, disputing claims that evolution has collapsed and reaffirming the evolutionary process as a demonstrated fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metcalfe
Dramatic Trust
James Stetson Metcalfe
Buffalo
Stork
Yale
Able Biffer
Buffalo Express
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Life
Cosmopolitan
New York
Mitchell
Frank Rattray Lillie
University of Chicago
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Mass
Toronto
University of Toronto
Lillie