Boughton, Willis
educator, author, was born April 17, 1854, in Victor, N. Y.
In 1873-74 he was a student of the university of Illinois; taught school in western Illinois for three years before going to the university of Michigan, from which institution he graduated in 1881. During 1881-82 he was editor of the 'Ann Arbor Courier; in 1886-88 was employed as writer for Allen's History of Civilization; and in 1890-92 was jointeditor of the Journal of Pedagogy. In 1889 he was instructor in the technical school of Cincinnati, Ohio; during 1889-91 filled the chair of history and English literature in the Ohio university; in 1891- 92 was lecturer on English in the university of Pennsylvania; and since 1892 has filled the chair of rhetoric and English literature in the Ohio university. He is the author of Mythology in Art; History of Ancient Peoples; and other works.