Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, 1898-1968
<p>Thomas Ollive Mabbott (July 6, 1898 – May 15, 1968) was an American professor and scholar of literature, perhaps best known for his research on writer Edgar Allan Poe. He has also done studies on John Milton, Walt Whitman, Thomas Chatterton, and Edward Coote Pinkney.</p>
<p>Mabbott was born and raised in New York City. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Columbia University, earning his AB (1920), AM (1921), and Ph.D. (1923) in English. After graduating from Columbia, Mabbott taught English literature and composition at Northwestern University. In 1928, he left Northwestern to teach at Brown. He was there for one year before accepting a position at Hunter College in New York City. Mabbott remained at Hunter as a professor of English and research scholar until 1966. His final two years were spent as a visiting professor at St. John's University.</p>
<p>He was expert on Edgar Allan Poe, whose works he was in the process of compiling when he died on May 15, 1968, at the age of 69. During his studies, he identified some poetry of Poe originally published anonymously as well as never published manuscripts. His wife took over the project after his death and saw it through to completion.</p>
<p>In 1967, during research for The Complete Works of Poe, Mabbott discovered a lost Walt Whitman poem titled "No Turning Back", one of only four he is known to have written in 1842. Mabbott also appreciated the horror writing of H. P. Lovecraft. One of his essays on Lovecraft can be found in Lovecraft Remembered.</p>
Citations
BiogHist
Unknown Source
Citations
Name Entry: Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, 1898-1968
Found Data: [
{
"contributor": "VIAF",
"form": "authorizedForm"
},
{
"contributor": "LC",
"form": "authorizedForm"
},
{
"contributor": "NLA",
"form": "authorizedForm"
},
{
"contributor": "nypl",
"form": "authorizedForm"
},
{
"contributor": "WorldCat",
"form": "authorizedForm"
},
{
"contributor": "yale",
"form": "authorizedForm"
},
{
"contributor": "riamco",
"form": "authorizedForm"
}
]
Note: Contributors from initial SNAC EAC-CPF ingest
Place: Cambridge
Found Data: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Perche, France
Found Data: Perche, France
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire
Found Data: Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Ireland, Europe
Found Data: Ireland, Europe
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: United States of America
Found Data: United States of America
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Arroyo del Molino, Spain
Found Data: Arroyo del Molino, Spain
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Penzance, Cornwall
Found Data: Penzance, Cornwall
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: New Zealand, Australia
Found Data: New Zealand, Australia
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
Found Data: Edinburgh, Scotland
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Croatia, Europe
Found Data: Croatia, Europe
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: London, England
Found Data: London, England
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Cherbourg, France
Found Data: Cherbourg, France
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Minorca, Spain
Found Data: Minorca, Spain
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire
Found Data: Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Leverington, Cambridgeshire
Found Data: Leverington, Cambridgeshire
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Portugal, Europe
Found Data: Portugal, Europe
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Lodi, Italy
Found Data: Lodi, Italy
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Kyancutta, S. Australia
Found Data: Kyancutta, S. Australia
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: New York City
Found Data: New York (State)--New York
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Royston, Hertfordshire
Found Data: Royston, Hertfordshire
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Bourges, France
Found Data: Bourges, France
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Czechoslovakia, Europe
Found Data: Czechoslovakia, Europe
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: India, Asia
Found Data: India, Asia
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Bolton Percy, West Riding of Yorkshire
Found Data: Bolton Percy, West Riding of Yorkshire
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Fontenoy, Belgium
Found Data: Fontenoy, Belgium
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Pokrovskij, the Ukraine
Found Data: Pokrovskij, the Ukraine
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Tristan da Cunha Isle, S. Atlantic Ocean
Found Data: Tristan da Cunha Isle, S. Atlantic Ocean
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Le Sars, France
Found Data: Le Sars, France
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Found Data: Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Austria, Europe
Found Data: Austria, Europe
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
Place: Channel Islands, United Kingdom
Found Data: Channel Islands, United Kingdom
Note: Parsed from SNAC EAC-CPF.
