Robert Herrick (novelist)

Herrick was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 21, 1868, and attended Harvard University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1890.

Herrick was praised by William James[2] for his frank and clear-eyed views, and his work can be compared to that of England's George Gissing.

Herrick was suspicious of political doctrines and utopian legislation, feeling that true progress for human happiness must always lie in individuals making moral choices.

In January 1935, he was appointed as Government Secretary of the United States Virgin Islands, taking over many of the executive functions of the governor.

[citation needed] Herrick died of a heart attack on December 23, 1938 while in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, in the islands.