Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, was born 22 Oct. 1876 in Auburn, Vt., the son of Anson Phelps and Martha Jane (White) T. Received his BA Yale 1899, MA Yale 1900, and Ph.D. 1902. Other honors: Litt. D. 1946; Litt. D. Wooster Col., 1919; Hobart, 1933; U. of Rochester, 1931; Princeton, 1934. Never married. Associate Professor of English Bryn Mawr Coll. 1902-03; instructor at Yale 1903-1908; Associate Professor of English at Yale 1908-1913; Professor of English Literature 1913-1945; Keeper of Rare Books at Yale U. Library from 1931; public orator 1946; professor of poetry for the Norton Foundation at Harvard 1938-39; Captain M. I. Div. US Army 1918-1919; Member of the Modern Language Association, American Academy of Arts and Letters (dir from 1941, chancellor 1949-51). Clubs: Century Grollier (NYC) Graduates (New Haven). Home: 1293 Davenport College. Office: Yale University Library, New Haven, 11, Conn. Died March 10, 1963; buried Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven.

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