Adriaan Schade van Westrum (1865-1917) circa 1917

Adriaan Schade van Westrum (14 June 1865 - 19 May 1917) was a member of the editorial staff of the

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starting in 1910. He was the literary critic since 1913.

Biography

He was born in 1865 in

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. In 1885 he migrated to the United States. From 1895 to 1908 he was the assistant editor of

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. He died on May 19, 1917, at his home at 388 West 136th Street in Manhattan.

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