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He was Born
George Pierce Baker was born in Providence, Rhode Island in April 4, 1866
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Family
George Pierce Baker Sr and Lucy Daily Cady Baker were his parents and he had 2 siblings Eleanor Baker and Elizabeth Baker -
Graduated Harvard
He Graduated Harvard in 1887 -
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After School
Editor-in-Chief for the Harvard Monthly and would teach the English Department of Harvard -
Marriage
married a woman named Christine H. Hopkinson in the year 1893 -
Children
He had 3 kids, John Hopkinson B, Edwin Osborne B, and GPB Jr. -
Workshop 47
He started Workshop 47 in 1905 which was a Class for Playwrights. This was the first playwright class to ever be a part of the curriculum. -
Hyde lecturer
In the years 1907-08, Baker teaching Shakespeare and English drama to Americans as a Hyde lecturer(Basically a speaker) in the Sorbonne University in Paris -
Book writing
Wrote "Shakespeare's Development as a Dramatist" in 1907 -
Foundation of Workshop 47
Workshop 47 was founded in 1912 as a forum for plays within his English class. -
People under GPB's wing
Eugene O’Neill, Philip Barry, Sidney Howard, John Dos Passos, and Thomas Wolfe were notable dramatists who were taught by GPB -
Fellow of AAAS
In 1914, He was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences -
Another Book
Wrote "Dramatic Technique" in 1919 -
Interview
He gave an interview about the making of a dramatist in a news story titled, "What's the matter with my Play?" -
Playwriting degree and Transfer to Yale
he moved to Yale University in 1925, to found the Yale school of Drama after being unable to make one for Harvard. Stayed until 1933 -
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Teaching Drama
GPB will teach Drama from 1925-33 where he would found the Yale School of Drama. -
Great depression and Interwar period
Theater would change a lot during the interwar period and great depression and GPB and his class would be a big part of that -
Declining Health
In the year 1933, his illnesses would force him into retirement. -
Death
He died in NYC on the date January 6, 1935 -
Summary
Overall, He has been extremely influential and he was the first the make proper classes for theater and allowed drama to be people's careers. He has been remembered for a century and this is a massive achievement for anyone. Inheriting your name from your father and giving it to your son does make it harder to research you when there is not much to being with.