Montrose Jonas Moses, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Montrose Jonas Moses

American writer

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1878

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1934

Profession: writer, translator, biographer, journalist, literary critic, children's writer, linguist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Montrose Jonas Moses (September 2, 1878 – March 29, 1934) was an American author, born in New York, where he graduated from the City College in 1899. In the main, his compositions were directed towards children's literature; however, he composed some books for adults, as well.
Between 1900 and 1910 he was connected editorially with, or was a contributor to, various periodicals: the Literary Digest, the Reader, the Independent, the Book News Monthly.
Besides editing the Green Room Book and the Anglo-American Dramatic Register and making some translations from the French, he wrote: Famous Actor Families in America (1906); Children's Books and Reading (1907); Henrik Ibsen (1908); The Literature of the South (1909); The American Dramatist (1911); Maurice Maeterlinck: A Study (1911).
He edited Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856–1911 (1920). Moses was a friend of Harry Houdini.