Early Life
He was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Mary and Edwin Daniels. He attended Princeton University where he secured his bachelor's degree in 1888 and his master's degree two years later. He studied in Leipzig and taught for a year as an instructor at Wesleyan University from 1891-1892.
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