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Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872–1962) was an American author, anthologist, and librarian.〔 He was born at Chillicothe, Ohio on 9 November 1872,〔 and attended Princeton University 1890–1893.〔 He married Elizabeth Shepard Butler (1869–1960) in 1895.〔 He died 13 May 1962 and was buried in Chillicothe, Ohio.〔 While at Princeton, Stevenson was a correspondent for United Press and for the ''New York Tribune''.〔 He was city editor for the Chillicothe Daily News (1894–1898),〔 and worked for the ''Daily Advertiser'' (1898–1899).〔 Stevenson became director of the Chillicothe public library in 1899 and held that position for 58 years.〔 Stevenson was well known for his war efforts.〔 At Camp Sherman, located in Chillicothe, Ohio, he established a library of 40,000 volumes and 22 branches.〔 The Camp Sherman library was said to be a model for national efforts to establish such libraries.〔 In 1918 he founded the American Library in Paris, and was its director from 1918–1920, and from 1925–1930. He was then made European director of the American Library Association`s Library War Service, a position he held for seven years.〔 As well as being a librarian, Stevenson wrote numerous novels, including four young adult's novels, edited others' works, and created numerous anthologies of verse, familiar quotations, and the like. Many of his anthologies are still in print. Marietta College awarded him the degree of Litt.D. in 1955.〔 Stevenson Center at Ohio University-Chillicothe is named after him.〔 == Works == *''A soldier of Virginia; a Tale of Colonel Washington and Braddock’s defeat'' (1901) *''Cadets of Gascony: Two stories of old France'' (1904) *''The Marathon mystery; a Story of Manhattan'' (1904) *''The Holladay case; a Tale'' (1904) *''The girl with the blue sailor'' (1906) *''Affairs of state; Being an account of certain surprising adventures which befell an American family in the land of windmills'' (1906) *''The path of honor; a Tale of war in the Bocage'' (1910) *''The spell of Holland: the Story of a pilgrimage to the land of dykes and windmills'' (1911) *''The mystery of the Boule cabinet; a Detective story'' (1911) *Mysterium arcae Boule (Latin version of ''The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet'') *''The destroyer; a Tale of international intrigue'' (1913) *''American men of mind'' (1913) *''The charm of Ireland'' (1914) *''The girl from Alsace; a Romance of the great war'' (1915). Originally published as ''Little Comrade''. *''A king in Babylon'' (1917) *''The gloved hand; a Detective story'' (1920) *''The kingmakers'' (1922) *''The house next door; a Detective story'' (1932) *''The quest for the rose of Sharon'' (1909) *''The heritage; a Story of defeat and victory'' (1902) *''At odds with the regent; a Story of the cellamare conspiracy'' (1905) *''(mystery of ) Villa Aurelia; a Riviera interlude'' (1932) *''The red carnation; an Antony Bigelow story'' (1939) *''The clue of the red carnation'' (1942) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burton Egbert Stevenson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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