Elliott, William

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William Elliott joined the British Naval Franklin Search Expedition, 1852-1854 (leader William Pullen), as clerk in charge in HMS North Star, the store ship for the British Naval Franklin Search Expedition, 1852-1854 (leader Sir Edward Belcher). North Star spent two winters at Beechey Island and was the only ship of the five in Belcher's search expedition to return to England in 1854, the other four being abandoned on Belcher's orders when beset in the ice. Elliott was later appointed paymaster in the survey vessel HMS Plumper under George Richards, engaged in a detailed survey of the waters between Vancouver Island and the American mainland, to help determine the location of the international boundary through the San Juan Islands.

From the guide to the William Elliott collection, 1854, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)

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William I. Elliott received his D.B. from University of Chicago in 1957. He holds degrees in English literature from Ottawa University and the University of California at Berkeley, and attended the Institute of Far Eastern Languages at Yale.

Through the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, Elliott began teaching at Kanto Gakuin University in Yokohama, Japan in 1960, and started the Kanto Poetry Center in 1967. From 1968-1983 Elliott was a professor of English at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, after which he returned to Kanto Gakuin University. Elliott founded the journal Poetry Kanto, published annually since 1984. He received grants from the National Endowments for the Humanities and Oregon Arts Foundation to travel to Japan for translation purposes.

Elliott writes essays, articles, poems, and books, and also serves as an editor of various journals and books. Some of his publications include Call Me Legion: Thoughts About Our Response to People and the World (1964), Modern American Literature: An Introduction (1965), Empty Shoes (1968), After the Mallard Sinks: Poems (1977), An Essay on Criticism and the Art of Poetry (1989), A Packet of Christmas Poems (1998), A Book of Shadows (2003), A Plain Squall (2003), A Suite of Angels: Poems (2003), Borrowed Breath: Lyrics and Longpoems, (2004), and An Encore of Angels: Poems (2004). Elliott is known for his translations of contemporary Japanese poetry, particularly Shuntarō Tanikawa. His translations include Festive Wine: Ancient Japanese Poems from the Kinkafu (1969), Elegy and Benediction: Selected Poems, 1947-1989 (1991), 62 Sonnets and Definitions: Poems and Prosepoems (1992), Songs They Sang in Ancient Japan: Isles of the Dragonfly (1995), Last Rays of Light: 100 Tanka (2001), The Singing Heart: An Anthology of Japanese Poems (1900-1960) (2001), and Giving People Poems (2005).

From the guide to the Elliott, William I. Papers, 1940-2008, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)

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referencedIn New York Shakespeare Festival. Press Office Records, 1957-1991 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Weather Bureau National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Alix Jeffry additional papers Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn William Harvey collection, 1853-1859 Scott Polar Research Institute
referencedIn Thomas Pullen collection, 1854 Scott Polar Research Institute
referencedIn William Pullen collection, 1850-1854 Scott Polar Research Institute
creatorOf William Elliott collection, 1854 Scott Polar Research Institute
referencedIn Fonds d'archives du collège des Irlandais de Paris Centre culturel irlandais (Paris). Service des ressourcesdocumentaires
creatorOf Elliott, William I. Papers, 1940-2008 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
creatorOf CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 149). Letters; 17-27 Jan. 1934.James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister: Correspondence rel. to Codex Sinaiticus: 1933-1934: Partly signed and copies.Sir Harold Idris Bell, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Co... British Library
referencedIn Vol. L (ff. 292). Oct.-16 Dec. 1803.Francis Drake, Minister at Genoa and Munich: Despatches,: 1803, 1804.: partly in cypher, decyphered and sympathetic ink.Cyphers: Various British and foreign diplomatists: 1800-1804.includes:ff. 1, 247 Francis Drake... British Library
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K. Houghton Library
referencedIn Souvenir programs of theatrical productions, 1883-1965. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Vol. II. (ff. 289). Dec. 1834-Feb. 1835.Colonel Sir George Scovell, KCB: Letter to Lieut. Siborne: 1835.includes:f. 1 Major John Garland: Letter to Lieut. Siborne: 1834. f. 3 Alexander Nicholson: Letter to Lieut. Siborne: 1834. f. 5 Colonel Thomas ... British Library
referencedIn Israel Holmes collection, 1853-1892 Scott Polar Research Institute
referencedIn William Shellabear collection, 1850-1869 Scott Polar Research Institute
creatorOf LETTERS OF MUSICIANS, ETC.; circa 1700-1900. An album of illustrations, ballads, press-cuttings, musical scores, letters and other material relating to musical concerts, composers and performers, including a collection of signed receipts for payments..., approximately 1700-1900 British Library
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associatedWith British Naval Franklin Search Expedition Canada Arctic Archipelago 1852-1854 corporateBody
associatedWith Cheyne John Powles 1826-1902 person
correspondedWith Foreman, Edward (Dr.) person
associatedWith Harvey William person
correspondedWith Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 person
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associatedWith Pullen William John Samuel 1813-1887 person
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associatedWith Scott Robert Charles person
associatedWith Shellabear William B. person
associatedWith Snow William Parker 1817-1895 person
associatedWith Tanikawa, Shuntarō, 1931- person
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associatedWith William John Samuel Pullen person
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