Frank Moore Colby
{{Short description|American educator and writer}}
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Frank Moore Colby (February 10, 1865 – March 3, 1925) was an American educator and writer.
Biography
He was born in Washington, D. C., the son of Stoddard B. Colby and Ellen Cornelia (Hunt) Colby.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ancestoryarchives.com/2015/04/stoddard-benham-colby-and-family-lines.html |title=Stoddard Benham Colby and Family Lines |last=Berry |first=Melissa Davenport |date=April 11, 2015 |website=AncestoryArchives.com |publisher=AnceStory Archives |access-date=December 7, 2024}} He graduated from Columbia University in 1888, was acting professor of history at Amherst College in 1890 to 1891, lecturer on history at Columbia and instructor in history and economics at Barnard College from 1891 to 1895, and professor of economics at New York University until 1900.
Between 1893 and 1895 he was a member of the editorial staff of Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia in the department of history and political science, and in 1898 he became editor of the International Year Book and one of the editors of the International Cyclopedia (1884). The International Cyclopedia was renamed New International Encyclopedia, and Colby was an editor of the 1st edition (1902) and the 2nd edition (1914).
His other literary work comprises editorial writing for the New York Commercial Advertiser 1900–02, "The Book of the Month" in the North American Review (1913– ), as well as critical articles for the Bookman and other magazines. He wrote:
- Outlines of General History, (1900);
- Imaginary Obligations, (1904); and
- Constrained Attitudes, (1910).
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- [https://archive.today/20130127081629/http://knowkwote.com/author.php?author_name=Frank_Moore_Colby Quotes from Frank Moore Colby]
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Category:American book editors
Category:American encyclopedists
Category:Writers from New York (state)
Category:Writers from Washington, D.C.
Category:Columbia College (New York) alumni
Category:Amherst College faculty