Davenport, Guy

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Author and illustrator (Nov. 23, 1927-Jan. 4, 2005).

Nov. 23, 1927 Born in Anderson, South Carolina 1944 1948 Studied classics and English literature at Duke University 1948 Won Rhodes Scholarship to Merton College, Oxford 1950 Graduated Oxford with a degree in literature 1950 1952 Served in Army's 18th Airborne Corps 1955 1961 Studied for PhD at Harvard University 1961 1963 Taught at Haverford College 1963 1991 Taught at University of Kentucky 1990 Won MacArthur Fellowship January 4, 2005 Died, Lexington, Kentucky

From the guide to the Guy Davenport Papers, 1960-1990, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

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