Son of Calv­in S. and Eli­za Chase Har­ring­ton, Karl earned his AB de­gree in 1882, and his AM in 1885, from Wes­ley­an Un­i­ver­si­ty in Mid­dle­town, Con­nec­ti­cut. He stu­died at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ber­lin (1887-89) and Yale Un­i­ver­si­ty (1890-91). He taught high school in West­field, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1882-85); La­tin at Wes­ley­an Acad­e­my in Wil­bra­ham, Mass­a­chu­setts (1885-87); was a La­tin tutor at Wes­ley­an Un­i­ver­si­ty (1889-91); La­tin pro­fes­sor at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of North Car­o­li­na, Chap­el Hill (1891-99); Un­i­ver­si­ty of Maine (1899-1905); and Wes­ley­an Un­i­ver­si­ty (1905). While at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of North Car­o­li­na, he di­rect­ed the Glee Club. His works in­clude:

• The Ro­man Ele­gi­ac Po­ets, cir­ca 1914
• Richard Al­sop, a Hart­ford Wit
• Walks and Climbs in the White Moun­tains, 1926

• Hughes, pp. 41-48
• McCutchan, p. 34
• Nutter, p. 457
• Reynolds, pp. 307-08

1. Beyond the Smil­ing and the Weep­ing
2. Christmas Song
3. Copeland
4. Evanston
5. Middletown
6. Moore
7. Orono
8. Palm Sun­day
9. Parker
10. Praise
11. Wor­ship
12. Weinacht