William Henry Schofield
William Henry Schofield | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 6, 1870 Brockville, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | June 24, 1920 (aged 50) |
| Burial place | All Saints Church |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Spouse |
Mary Lyon Cheney (m. 1907) |
William Henry Schofield (1870–1920) was a Canadian-American academic, founder of the Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature. He was professor of comparative literature at Harvard University, and president of the American-Scandinavian Foundation (1916–1919).
He taught Old Norse at Harvard from 1900 and from 1906 was director of the new Comparative Literature department.