Herrick, Robert, 1868-1938

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Robert Herrick (1868–1938) was an American novelist, professor of English, and government official. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard University in 1890 and taught composition and literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1890–1893) and the University of Chicago (1893–1923), where he rose from instructor to full professor. Herrick also served as Government Secretary for the U.S. Virgin Islands (1935–1938) under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration.

Career Highlights

• Instructor in rhetoric, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1890–1893).
• Faculty member, University of Chicago (1893–1923):
  • Instructor (1893–1895), Assistant Professor (1895–1901), Associate Professor (1901–1905), Professor of English (1905–1923).
  • Developed a writing program modeled after Harvard’s curriculum and recruited notable scholars like Robert Morss Lovett and William Vaughn Moody.
• Government Secretary, U.S. Virgin Islands (1935–1938).

Publications and Contributions

• Published 21 novels, 3 short story collections, textbooks, and a study of World War I.
• Wrote for periodicals under his name and the pseudonym Austin Smith, including:
  • Short stories, literary/political essays, and book reviews.
  • A regular column for the Chicago Tribune during World War I.
• Early works appeared in the Harvard Advocate and Harvard Monthly while an undergraduate.

Education and Personal Life

• Graduated from Harvard University (A.B., 1890), where he studied under scholars like William James, Barrett Wendell, and George Lyman Kittredge.
• Married Harriet Peabody Emery (1894; dissolved 1916); one son, Philip Herrick.
• Resided in Chicago (1900–1913) and York Village, Maine (1913–1938), with extensive travel and writing periods.

Notable Associations

• Colleagues and contemporaries included:
  • Jane Addams, Bernard Berenson, Van Wyck Brooks, and George Santayana.
  • Family connections: Cousin of philosopher George Herbert Palmer and educator Alice Freeman Palmer (first Dean of Women at the University of Chicago).