Harold Newcomb Hillebrand
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Harold Newcomb Hillebrand (*1887- +1953) was a professor of English literature.
Harold was the son of William Francis Hillebrand
, a chemist with specialization in geochemistry and Martha May Hillebrand, née Westcott. His brother was an electrical engineer at Paolo Alto, California. His grandfather was the botanist William Hillebrand
, who went into practise with Wesley Newcomb
and married his stepdaughter Anne Post. After Harold´s studies he became member of the English Department (1914–1944) at the University of Illinois. He was Head of that Department from 1934-1944. His manuscripts are deposed in the archives of the university of Illinois. His research interest was theatre and play writing. His treatise on the Edmund Kean 1787-1833) counts to the best biography about the actor and provides the first scholarly examination of the evidence on Kean's parentage, birth, and upbringing. He published several articles within The Journal of English and Germanic philology.
Harold was the son of William Francis Hillebrand
William Francis Hillebrand
William Francis Hillebrand was an American chemist.-Biography:He was the son of the renowned botanist William Hillebrand....
, a chemist with specialization in geochemistry and Martha May Hillebrand, née Westcott. His brother was an electrical engineer at Paolo Alto, California. His grandfather was the botanist William Hillebrand
William Hillebrand
William Hillebrand was a German physician. He traveled the world, including over 20 years in the Hawaiian islands. In 1850, Hillebrand lived at what is now Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu. He also became known as a botanist.-Life and career:...
, who went into practise with Wesley Newcomb
Wesley Newcomb
Wesley Newcomb was an American Physician and malacologist specializing in land snails.-Life:Wesley Newcomb was born in New York 20 October 1808. His father was physician Simon Newcomb...
and married his stepdaughter Anne Post. After Harold´s studies he became member of the English Department (1914–1944) at the University of Illinois. He was Head of that Department from 1934-1944. His manuscripts are deposed in the archives of the university of Illinois. His research interest was theatre and play writing. His treatise on the Edmund Kean 1787-1833) counts to the best biography about the actor and provides the first scholarly examination of the evidence on Kean's parentage, birth, and upbringing. He published several articles within The Journal of English and Germanic philology.
Publications
- Writing the one-act play; a manual for beginners, by Harold Newcomb Hillebrand. (New York, A. A. Knopf, 1925 digitalized in Ditital Library Hathitrust http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015019053902, Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- The child actors; a chapter in Elizabethan stage, 1926
- Edmund Kean, 1933 (reissed: New York: AMS Press, 1966)
- edt. Antony and Cleopatra, by Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Boston, D.C. Heath and Co., 1926