Charles Mills Gayley

Charles Mills Gayley (1858–1932) was an American scholar of English literature. Born in Shanghai to missionary parents and educated in Ireland, England and at the University of Michigan, where he also taught, he became professor of English at the University of California at Berkeley in 1889 and helped build it into a major university. His Classic Myths in English Literature, based on Bulfinch, was a standard school text for decades. He also wrote on Shakespeare and early English drama, and composed lyrics for Berkeley songs, including The Golden Bear.