Thomas Perry ( English Thomas Sergeant Perry ; 1845 - 1928 ) - American literary critic, critic and translator. A childhood friend [1] and associate of the American writer Henry James , an employee of Harvard University.
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| Date of Birth | January 23, 1845 |
| Place of Birth | Newport , Rhode Island , USA |
| Date of death | May 7, 1928 (83 years old) |
| Place of death | Boston , Massachusetts , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
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| Spouse | Leela Cabot Perry |
Biography
Born January 23, 1845 in Newport, Rhode Island, in the family of Christopher ( English Christopher Grant Perry ) and Francis ( English Frances Sergeant Perry ) Perry. His brother Matthew Perry was a US military and politician, commodore; their grandfather, Oliver Perry, was a naval commander, also a commodore .
Perry received a bachelor 's degree from Harvard University in 1866 and a master 's degree in 1869. Between these years he studied in Europe - in Paris and Berlin . On April 9, 1874, he married Lille Cabot , a prominent American impressionist painter.
From 1868 to 1872 he was a German tutor at Harvard. He also taught English (from 1877 to 1881) and literature (in 1881-1882). In 1898, Perry became a professor of English literature at Keio University , in Tokyo , Japan .
Thomas Perry was a prolific publicist writing on a wide variety of authors, including Alfred de Musset , Arthur Hugh Clough , Bertold Auerbach , Georges Sand , Ivan Turgenev , Mark Twain , Edward Fitzgerald , Walter Scott , Victor Cherbullier , Victor Hugo , Victor Hugo , William Dean Howells ; in many literary publications, including North American Review and The Century: America's Time .
Died after pneumonia on May 7, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was buried in Hancock , New Hampshire , at the Pine Ridge Cemetery . [2]