Allen, Gay Wilson, 1903-1995

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Dates:
Birth 1903-08-23
Death 1995-08-06
Gender:
Male
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

University professor, author, and Whitman scholar.

From the description of Letters, 1990-1995. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40421951

From the description of Gay Wilson Allen papers, 1801-1988 and undated (bulk 1925-1970s). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31182073

1903, Aug. 23 Born, Lake Junaluska, N.C. 1926 A.B., Duke University 1928 A.M., Duke University 1929 1931 Teacher at Lake Erie College 1931 1932 Teacher at Alabama Polytechnic Institute 1934 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin 1934 1935 Associate Professor of English, Shurtlieff College 1935 1936 Professor of English, Bowling Green State University 1946 Professor/Professor Emeritus of English, New York University 1946 Walt Whitman Handbook published 1955 The Solitary Singer: Critical Biography of Walt Whitman published; U.S. State Department lecturer in Japan 1961 Walt Whitman as Man, Poet, and Legend published 1967 William James, A Biography published 1967 1969 Member of Editorial Board, American Literature published 1972 A Reader's Guide to Walt Whitman published 1981 Waldo Emerson published 1898, Apr. 30 Born, Sheridan, Ind. 1919 1921 Teacher of music, Northwestern University 1921 A.B., Northwestern University 1922 1927 Teacher of music, Horace Mann School for Boys, New York City 1928 Walt Whitman's Workshop published; A.M., Harvard University 1928 1934 Teacher of English, Northeastern University (1928-1929), Bradford College (1929-1931), Harvard University Graduate School (1929-1934) 1929 1940 Teacher of Biography and Music, Katharine Gibbs Schools 1930 Director of Academic Studies, New England Conservatory of Music 1930 1931 Collaborated with Clara Barrus on Whitman and Burroughs, Comrades (1931) 1939 Editor, facsimile reprint of 1855 edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grass 1940s, mid Died

From the guide to the Gay Wilson Allen Papers, 1801-1988, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

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