Editing Monty Woolley (section)

==Early life==
Woolley was born in the New York City borough of [[Manhattan]] to William Edgar (1845–1927) and Jessie Woolley (1857–1927), née Arms, and grew up in the highest social circles. Woolley received a [[bachelor's degree]] at [[Yale University]], where [[Cole Porter]] was an intimate friend and classmate,<ref>{{cite book
 |title=Cole Porter: A Biography
 |last=Schwartz |first=Charles
 |year=1979
 |pages=3
 |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]]
 |isbn=0-306-80097-7
 |url=https://archive.org/details/coleporterbiogra00schw
|url-access=registration
 |quote=woolley.
 }}</ref> and master's degrees from Yale and [[Harvard University|Harvard Universities]].<ref name="EveInObit">{{cite news |title= Heart, Kidneys give out, Monte Woolley dies at 74 |newspaper=[[The Evening Independent]] |date=May 4, 1963 |page=3A |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xVcwAAAAIBAJ&pg=4854,654953&dq=monte-woolley-dies&hl=en
}}</ref> He eventually became an assistant professor of English and drama coach at Yale.<ref name="S.Gazette"/> [[Thornton Wilder]] and [[Stephen Vincent Benét]] were among his students. He served in [[World War I]] with the [[U.S. Army]] as a [[first lieutenant]] assigned to the general staff in Paris.<ref name="EveInObit"/><ref>{{cite book
 |title=The Gay and Lesbian Theatrical Legacy: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Figures in American Stage History in the Pre-Stonewall Era (Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance)
 |editor1=Harbin, Billy J. |editor2=Marra, Kim |editor3= Schanke, Robert A.
 |page=392
 |year=2005
 |publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]]
 |isbn= 978-0-472-09858-3
 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeaFlyP8-CwC&pg=PP11
}}</ref>