Terhune, Alfred McKinley, 1899-1975
Variant namesEdward 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)
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British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001c5
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| creatorOf | Alfred Terhune Collection relating to Edward FitzGerald, 1841-1978 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Myron Bement Smith collection, circa 1910-1970 | Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives | |
| creatorOf | COCKERELL PAPERS. Vol. CXXXIII (ff. 248). Ta-Th.includes:ff. 1-5 Sir Stephen George Tallents, KCMG: Letters to S. C. Cockerell: 1949-1957.f. 6 Lawrence Edward Tanner, Keeper of the Muniments, Westminster Abbey: Letter to S. C. Cockerell: 1948.ff.... | British Library |
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