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Allan Davis

(1885-1929)
Pennsylvania

"Allan Davis was born, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1885. He attended Harvard College where he graduated in 1907. He attended Harvard Law School 1906-1907 and after teaching a few years obtained his LL.B. degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1915. He was a lecturer there from 1907-1910. He practiced law in Pittsburgh."

[Source: "A Bibliographical Dictionary of Poets," in William Stanley Braithwaite (ed.), Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1926: And Yearbook of American Poetry 11 (Boston: B.J. Brimmer Co., 1926)(dictionary at pp. 1-43, separate pagination)]

Writings

Allan Davis & Anna R. Stratton, The Inward Light; a drama in four acts (New York: A.A. Knopf, 1919)

Allan Davis, The Quest for Happiness: An American Morality Play in three acts and eight scenes (New York: S. French, 1917)

__________, On Vengeance Height: A Play in one act (New York: S. French, 1920)(Baltimore: The Norman, Remington Company, 1920)(New York: S. French, 1948)

__________, Wolves: A Play of the Great Hunger, in one act (New York: French, 1925)