Coffin, Robert P. Tristram (Robert Peter Tristram), 1892-1955

Robert Peter Tristram Coffin grew up in Maine and attended Bowdoin College, Princeton University, and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He taught at Wells College in Aurora, New York, and was Pierce Professor of English at Bowdoin College from 1935 until his death. Winner of the 1936 Pulitzer prize in poetry, Coffin authored more than forty books of prose and verse. He was a founder and a faculty member of the Towle Writers' Conference at the University of New Hampshire.

From the description of Robert Peter Tristram Coffin collection, 1910-1955. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 29840104

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