Edwin Percy Whipple

Biography

Edwin Percy Whipple gained renown as a literary critic and essayist whose observations graced the pages of the North American Review and other leading journals; he wrote with a moral tone about American letters and defended the value of clear, purposeful prose.

He guided young readers and writers through lectures and reviews, encouraging refinement of taste, and his resting place at Mount Auburn Cemetery marks the esteem in which his intellect and character were held.