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This Monongalia County native studied at West Virginia University and also attended Harvard, Oxford, and Denison universities.
Barbe was managing editor of the Parkersburg Daily State Journal before joining the WVU English department in 1895. He became known for his poetry and literary analysis. His first major poem was "The Song of the Centuries" (1888), and his book Ashes and Incense (1892) made him well known. He later wrote books about understanding poetry, including The Study of Poetry and Famous Poems Explained.
While at WVU, Barbe exchanged letters with people such as Winston Churchill and poet Amy Lowell.
