Author, journalist, drama critic and translator of from Norwegian to English; specialist in the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
His Art and the commonweal ... 1912.
Oxford dictionary of national biography online, March 20, 2017 (Archer, William (1856-1924), theatre critic and journalist; born Perth, Scotland, on 23 September 1856; through visiting relatives in Larvick, Norway, became fluent in Norwegian; graduated with a MA from Edinburgh University in 1876; moved to London in 1878; in 1908, the king of Norway conferred on him the honour of Knight First class of the Order of St. Olav; died in London 27 December 1924)
VIAF, April 18, 2017 (Archer, William; lang: eng; author, journalist, drama critic and translator from Norwegian to English; specialist in the playwright Henrik Ibsen)