Richard Green Moulton was born in England in 1849. He was the brother of
William Fiddian Moulton,
John Fletcher Moulton, and
James Egan Moulton. He attended
New Kingswood School, Bath, from 1861-1865. In August 1864 he sat for the Oxford Local Examinations, and was the highest performing student to have sat for those examinations in Bath. He then attended Cleveden College,
Northampton, and passed with honours the Matriculation examination for the
University of London. He received degrees from the University of London,
University of Cambridge, and
University of Pennsylvania. After teaching at Cambridge, the American Society Extension University, and the
London Society for the Extension of University Education, he became a professor of English literature at the
University of Chicago in 1892. He held that post until 1919, after which he returned to live in England. He died at his home in
Tunbridge Wells on 15 August 1924. ==Selected publications==