Study at Vanderbilt, 1898-9; A.B. Stanford, 1902; study at Halle, 1903-4; Ph.D. U. Chicago, 1906; Harrison Res. fell. U. Pennsylvania, 1906-7.

Prof. Gk. Adelphi Coll. (Brooklyn), 1907-8; asst. prof. Gk. Yale, 1908-12; chair class, dept. & prof, class. Reed Coll., 1912-8; pres. CAPN, 1915-6.

"The So-Called Rule of Three Actors in the Classical Greek Drama" (Chicago, 1907); printed (Chicago, 1908).

"The Distribution of the Rôes in the New Menander," TAPA 40 (1909) lxxv-lxxvi; "The Meaning of Parachoregema," CP 2 (1907) 387-400; "The Three Actor Rule in Menander," CP 5 (1910) 291-302; "The Number of the Dramatic Company in the Period of the Technitae," AJP 31 (1910) 43-54; "The Significance of the Parodoi in the Greek Theatre," AJP 32 (1911) 377-402; "The Function of the πρόθυρον in the Production of Greek Plays," CP 10 (1915) 117-38.

Rees began a career of great promise by authoritative work on the Greek theater, but following the death of his brother, Rees assumed the directorship of sales of Rees & Co., the sales firm of Elk Cotton Mills, Fayetteville, TN, owned by his family.

NatCͅAB 40:563.