Bass, Robert D. (Robert Duncan)

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Professor of English literature; author of several successful biographies of Revolutionary War figures from South Carolina; Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve; born 1904, in Scranton, S.C.; married, 1929, to Virginia Wauchope; completed degrees from University of South Carolina: A.B. (1926), M.A. (1927), and PhD (1933); also attended Columbia Presbyterian Theological Seminary, University of London, and University of Cambridge; in 1959, the Committee on Awards of the American Revolution Roundtable selected Bass' volume, Swamp Fox, a biography on the life of Franics Marion, as the best book on the American Revolution published that year.

From the description of Robert D. Bass papers, 1925-1984 (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 166953198

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creatorOf Bass, Robert D. (Robert Duncan). Robert D. Bass papers, 1925-1984 University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Bass, Robert D. The Robert D. Bass papers, 1944-1945. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn Shaffer, Edward Terry Hendrie, 1880-. Edward Terry Hendrie Shaffer papers, 1894-1997. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
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associatedWith Baker, Buddy, 1918-2002. person
associatedWith Bass family. family
correspondedWith Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 person
correspondedWith Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 person
associatedWith Foster, Lewis R., d. 1974. person
associatedWith Henry Holt and Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Marion, Francis, 1732-1795. person
associatedWith Shaffer, Edward Terry Hendrie, 1880- person
associatedWith Shaw, Harry. person
correspondedWith Simons, Gerald M. person
associatedWith Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1832. person
associatedWith Tarleton, Lieutenant-General (Banastre), 1754-1833. person
associatedWith United States. Army. Engineer Battalion, 324th. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Army. Infantry Division, 99th. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Continental Army corporateBody
associatedWith Walt Disney Productions. corporateBody
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Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
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