Terhune, Alfred McKinley, 1899-1975

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Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883), born Edward Marlborough Purcell, was a British poet, best known as the author of the first and most famous English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam .

Alfred Terhune (1899-1975) was a professor of English at Syracuse University; his life-long interest in FitzGerald resulted in a comprehensive four-volume edition of The Letters of Edward FitzGerald (1830-1883) .

From the guide to the Alfred Terhune Collection relating to Edward FitzGerald, 1841-1978, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

Epithet: of Syracuse University New York

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Birth 1899

Death 1975

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