Scollard, Clinton, 1860-1932

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Dates:
Birth 1860-09-18
Death 1932
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Poet, professor of English at Hamilton College.

From the description of ALS : Clinton, N.Y., to Ellen E. Dickinson, 1886 Nov. 2. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86165795

American author.

From the description of The hills of hay [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647830650

Clinton Scollard was an author and educator based in the Northeast. He served as Professor of Rhetoric at Hamilton College before resigning to devote himself to writing. He was primarily a poet, and published numerous poems and collections. He also served as an anthologist, sometimes with his wife, poet and critic Jessie Belle Rittenhouse.

From the description of Clinton Scollard letter to Mr. Stedman, 1893 Feb. 14. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 55059410

Clinton Scollard, an American poet and educator, was born in Clinton, N.Y., graduated from Hamilton College, and studied at Harvard and Cambridge, England. He was a professor of English at Hamilton College and a prolific, yet minor, writer of verse. His second marriage was to author and critic Jessie Belle Rittenhouse.

From the description of Clinton Scollard poems and clippings, 1895-1934. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 61387403

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Subjects:

  • Poets, American
  • Poets, American
  • Christmas cards
  • Roses in literature
  • World War, 1914-1918

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  • Poets

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  • United States (as recorded)

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