H. M. Soper
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H.M. (Henry Marlin) Soper (1850-1911) was an American elocutionist and educator born in Alden, Illinois. He was a graduate of the Illinois State Normal University and the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When Mary Baker Eddy wrote to him in 1876, he was teaching at Shortlidge Academy in Media, Pennsylvania. He wrote and published several books on the subject of oration, the most famous of which was Soper's Select Speaker (1901). In late 1877, he founded the Soper School of Oratory in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Los Angeles, California, in 1911.

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H. M. Soper
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H.M. (Henry Marlin) Soper (1850-1911) was an American elocutionist and educator born in Alden, Illinois. He was a graduate of the Illinois State Normal University and the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When Mary Baker Eddy wrote to him in 1876, he was teaching at Shortlidge Academy in Media, Pennsylvania. He wrote and published several books on the subject of oration, the most famous of which was Soper's Select Speaker (1901). In late 1877, he founded the Soper School of Oratory in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Los Angeles, California, in 1911.

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