Excerpt from The Biographical Dictionary of America, Vol. 9: Brief Biographies of Authors, Administrators, Clergymen, Editors, Engineers, Jurists, Merchants, Officials, Philanthropists, Scientists, Statesmen, and Others Who Are Making American History; Qua-Stearns Quayle, William Alfred, educator, was born in Parkville, Mo., June 25, 1860; son of Thomas and Elizabeth Quayle, natives of the Isle of Man. He received his early education in Kansas and was graduated from Baker university, a.b., 1885, a.m., 1888. He was married in 1886 to Allie, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Werter R. And Minerva (russell) Davis. He was tutor at Baker uni versity, 1883 - 85 adjunct professor of ancient lan guages, 1886 - 88 professor of the Greek language, 1888 - 91, and president of the institution, 1890 94. He resigned in 1894 to become pastor of In dependence Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Kansas City, Mo.; became pastor of Merisidian Street church, Indianapolis, Ind in 1897, and of Grand Avenue church, Kansas City, Mo., in 1900. He was a member of the general conference, delegate to the ecumenical conference in London, Eng., in 1901, and fraternal delegate to the Wesleyan Methodist church in England and Ireland in 1902. The degree of D.D. Was con ferred on him by depauw university in 1891; that of ph.d. By Allegheny college in 1892, and that of litt.d. By Baker university in 1900. He is the author of: The Poet's Poet, and Other Essays A Study in Current Social Theories A Hero and Some Other Folk The Blessed Life In God's Out-of Doors (1902) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.