Curtis Hidden Page (April 4, 1870 – December 12, 1946) was a United States educator and writer.
Curtis Hidden Page was born inGreenwood, Missouri.[1] He graduated fromHarvard University, where in 1890 he became the first recipient of theGeorge B. Sohier Prize for literature. He held teaching positions in French and English atHarvard University (1893–1908),Columbia University (1908–1909),Northwestern University (professor of English literature, 1909–1911), andDartmouth College (professor of English literature, 1911–1946).[2]
Page was elected to theNew Hampshire state legislature in 1933 and again in 1939.[2]
Compiler of anthologies of verse such asBritish Poets of the Nineteenth Century andThe Chief American Poets,[1] Page also published verses, essays, and stories in numerous periodicals. In 1906, writing of his activities to his fellow Harvard alumni, he stated: "I have two volumes of verse nearly ready, but find little time to give to completing them and doubt if they will be published until after I am dead!"[3]
Page also translated many French works, includingA Voyage to the Moon, byCyrano de Bergerac andThe Man Who Married a Dumb Wife byAnatole France. He published a well-regarded[4] translation of eight plays byMolière in 1908; of these,Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite is available online fromProject Gutenberg.
He died inLaconia, New Hampshire on December 12, 1946.[5]
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