Ken macrorie biography

Ken Macrorie has served as editor of College Composition and Communication, has taught at Michigan State, San Francisco State, and Western Michigan universities.
Macrorie is part philosopher, part rhetorician, part lover of good writing, part caring individual.
Ken Macrorie was born in the Mississippi River town of Moline, Ill., in 1918.

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William Macrorie

Bishop of Maritzburg

The Rt Revd William Kenneth Macrorie (1831–1905) was bishop of Maritzburg, while John Colenso was bishop of the Diocese of Natal.

Macrorie was born at Liverpool on 8 February 1831, was eldest son of David Macrorie, a Liverpool physician, by his wife Sarah, daughter of John Barber. Admitted to Winchester College in 1844, he matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, on 2 February 1849. He graduated B.A. in 1852, and was elected to a senior Hulme exhibition at his college in 1854. On proceeding M.A. in 1855 he became a fellow or assistant-master at St Peter's (Radley College). Made deacon in the same year and ordained priest in 1857, he was successively curate of Deane (1858–60), and then the first vicar of Wingates, Lancashire (1860-1). In 1861 Archibald Tait, Bishop of London, presented him to the rectory of Wapping, and in 1865 Hulme's trustees nominated him to the perpetual curacy of Accrington.

In January 1868 Robert Gray (bishop of Cape Town), offered Macrorie the bishopric of the church in Natal. John Colenso was still in Natal,

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Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement/Macrorie, William Kenneth

MACRORIE, WILLIAM KENNETH (1831–1905), bishop of Maritzburg, born at Liverpool on 8 Feb. 1831, was eldest son of David Macrorie, a Liverpool physician, by his wife Sarah, daughter of John Barber. Admitted to Winchester in 1844, he matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, on 2 Feb. 1849. He graduated B.A. in 1852, and was elected to a senior Hulme exhibition at his college in 1854. On proceeding M.A. in 1855 he became a fellow or assistant-master at St. Peter's College, Radley. Ordained deacon in the same year and priest in 1857, he was successively curate of Deane (1858-60), and of Wingates, Lancashire (1860-1). In 1861 A. C. Tait, bishop of London, presented him to the rectory of Wapping, and in 1865 Hulme's trustees nominated him to the perpetual curacy of Accrington.

In January 1868 Robert Gray [q. v.], bishop of Cape Town, offered Macrorie the bishopric of the church in Natal. J. W. Colonso [q. v.] was still in Natal, having decUned to recognise his canonical deposition from the see, wh

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Ken Macrorie: Teacher and Truth Teller

The closest I came to a life-changing teacher is someone I knew only through his writing. The name of this teacher is Ken Macrorie, and his books Uptaught, Writing to be Read, Telling Writing, and The I-Search Paper are some of my favorites. What he says in these texts has changed the way I think about writing and learning. Here are a few of the things that I’ve learned from him:

“Engfish” is a name given to the bloated, lifeless, pretentious writing that has been seen in schools for years.
A writing program should include exploratory free writing, positive reactions to this writing, a giving and sharing classroom atmosphere, the need to recapture the intensity and liveliness of childhood writing.
Effective instruction should alternate between having students writing freely and learning the discipline and craft of writing.
A writer must make discoveries that matter to him as he works; otherwise, he will bore himself and his reader.
All good writers speak in honest voices and tell the truth.
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