Leonidas Warren Payne Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLeonidas Warren Payne Jr.
American linguist
Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1873
Place of Birth: Auburn, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 16-Jun-1945
Profession: linguist
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Leonidas Warren Payne Jr.
- Leonidas Warren Payne Jr.
- (July 12, 1873 – June 16, 1945) was an American linguist and professor of English at the University of Texas.
- He was a co-founder of the Texas Folklore Society along with John Lomax, edited the first anthology of Texas literature, and was one of the first to recognize the talent of e.e.
- cummings. Payne was born in Auburn, Alabama.
- He was the eldest son of Leonidas Warren Payne Sr., who was sometimes called Lonnie Payne, and attended the Auburn High School.
- He received bachelor's and master's degrees from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn in 1892 and 1893, and a Ph.D.
- from the University of Pennsylvania in 1904.
- He taught English at the Southwest Alabama Agricultural School, the State Normal School of Alabama, and the University of Pennsylvania prior to being awarded his Ph.D.
- From 1904 to 1906, he was the associate editor of Worcester's Dictionary, and in 1906 was appointed an assistant professor at Louisiana State University. After a few months at Louisiana State, Payne was offered and accepted a position on the faculty at the University of Texas.
- In 1909, he and John Lomax founded the Texas Folklore Society, of which Payne was the first president.
- In 1919, he was elected full professor at Texas.
- In 1928, he published the first anthology of Texas literature, A Survey of Texas Literature. Payne, at Texas, was one of the first teachers of American literature.
- He maintained friendships with Edward Arlington Robinson, Carl Sandburg, and Robert Frost.
- He mentored Stark Young and J.
- Frank Dobie, and was one of the first to champion e.e.
- cummings.
- Payne published two major works in addition his anthology: History of American Literature (1919) and Texas Poems (1936). Payne retired from the University of Texas in 1943, and died in 1945.
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