G. Burke Johnston Papers, 1900-1992

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G. Burke Johnston Papers, 1900-1992

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01132.xml

Papers--including correspondence, subject files, printed materials, and photographs--of George Burke Johnston, literary scholar and faculty member / administrator at Virginia Tech and the University of Alabama; U.S. Army officer; poet; author; artist; and printer.

5.7 cu. ft.; 12 boxes

eng,

Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Johnston, George Burke, 1907-1995

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George Burke Johnston, the son of George D. and Eleanor McCorvey Johnston, was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on September 8, 1907. After graduating from the University of Alabama (BA, 1929), Johnston obtained his master's and doctoral degrees in English from Columbia University (1930 and 1943, respectively). In 1936, he married Mary Tabb Lancaster (1916-2003), the daughter of Dabney S. Lancaster; the Johnstons would have four children. Johnston served as an English instructor at Virg...