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Caleb Thomas Winchester was an American English scholar. He prepared for college at Wilbraham Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts and then attended Wesleyan University, where he graduated in 1869. He remained at Wesleyan, where he was librarian until 1873, professor of rhetoric and English literature until 1890, and simply professor of English literature after that. During 1880-81 he studied in Leipzig, Germany. He was noted for the quality of his lectures.