ARCHER, WILLIAM (1856-1924), English critic, was born at Perth, Sept. 23 1856, and was educated at Edinburgh University. He became a leader-writer on the Edinburgh Evening News in 1875, and after a year in Australia returned to England and became dramatic critic of various newspapers. Archer intro duced Ibsen to the English play-going public by his translation of The Pillars of Society, produced at the Gaiety Theatre, Lon don, in 1880. He translated, alone or in collaboration, other Scandinavian plays: Ibsen's A Doll's House (1889) ; Edvard Brandes's A Visit (1892) , Ibsen's Peer Gynt (1892), Master Builder (1893), Little Eyolf (1895), and John Gabriel Borkman (1897) . He also edited a collected edition of Henrik 1 bsen's Prose Dramas (189o-91). Many of his dramatic criticisms were collected in book form. Archer's critical work exercised a real influence upon the English stage; but in most people's minds his work was associated almost exclusively with the more serious side of life and letters. Great was the surprise of his friends and of the general public when he produced (1921) an excellent but melodramatic piece, The Green Goddess, which was a popular success. He died Dec. 27, 1924. His death was a great loss to the English theatre.