"Editor， author， and philosopher born in Ilsenburg， Germany， the son of Dr. Gustav Carus and Laura Krueger Carus. He earned a Ph.D. from Tubingen in 1876. His first professional position was as an educator at the military academy in Dresden， an appointment he soon resigned due to conflicts over his liberal religious views. He then lived briefly in England （1881-1884） before emigrating to the United States， settling in La Salle， Illinois， where he lived for the remainder of his life. At the outset of his literary career in America， Carus published several articles in a new journal called Open Court. Shortly thereafter， Carus became editor of Open Court， a position he maintained from 1887 until his death in 1919. He also edited The Monist， a somewhat more technical quarterly， from 1890-1919. In addition， he was instrumental in founding The Open Court Publishing Company in La Salle， Illinois. It must also be noted that Carus was instrumental in bringing a variety of Asian Buddhists to America， including Dharmapala， Soyen Shaku， and D.T. Suzuki. He was fortunate to meet most of these individuals at the World Parliament of Religions， held in Chicago in 1893 as part of the Columbian Exposition. While living in Carus' home， D.T. Suzuki began work on his famous Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism， his first English language book. Along with his tasks as editor of Open Court and The Monist， Carus was a prolific author with more than fifty titles to his credit， a number of which continue to be widely read today."