Charles Madison Curry
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Charles Madison Curry (16 May 1869, in Whiteland, Indiana[1] – 14 March 1944[2]) was an English literature professor and an author and reviewer of children's literature in the late 19th and early 20th century.[3] He was a Professor of English and Literature at Indiana State Normal School (now Indiana State University)[4] and authored the school's Alma Mater in 1925.[5] He edited Literary Readings: An Introduction to the Study of Literature (1903). He created with Martha Adelaide Holton, the Holton-Curry Reader, a basal reader in 8 volumes for the elementary grades, which was published by Rand McNally in 1914.[6][7]
