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3 unusual facts about Hardin Craig


Hardin Craig

He earned his A.B. from Centre College 1897, and served as principal at Stanford Academy in Kentucky for one year.

Craig was born on a farm near Owensboro, Kentucky, to Robert and Mary Jane Craig, nee McHenry.

In his 65-year academic career, he served on the faculties of eight different colleges and universities, published more than 20 books as either author or editor, and was one of the few Americans to be elected to the Royal Society of Literature in Britain.


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A few critics — Eric Sams is one example, Hardin Craig another — disputed the entire concept of memorial reconstruction, pointing out that, unlike shorthand reporting, there was no reliable historical evidence that actors ever reconstructed plays from memory.


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