Lillian Foster Larson Simonsen papers 1816-1988
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Larson, Clinton F.
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Mormon poet and author. From the description of Poems, 1970-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86171879 Clinton F. Larson (1919-1994) was a respected and prolific Mormon writer. He is especially known for his poetry and plays. He was also an English professor at Brigham Young University for 38 years. Clinton F. Larson, BYU English Professor and poet-in-residence for thirty-eight years, dedicated serious effort to the craft of poetry. Author of seve...
Simonsen, Lillian Foster Larson
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Lillian Foster Larson Simonsen (1897-1979) was wife to the athlete Clinton Larson and mother to Clinton F. Larson, the poet. Lillian Foster was born on May 13, 1897 in Manassa, Colorado to Henry Foster and Emily Forbes Foster. She was the oldest of eight children. The Foster family moved to Northern Utah when Lillian was young, and she was raised in Vernal and American Fork, Utah. She attended Brigham Young University where she met Clinton Larson, whom she married on Sep...
Larson, Clinton, 1892-1952
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Clinton Larson was born December 16, 1892 in St. George, Utah, to parents John Thomas and Henrietta Riding Larson. He attended Dixie High School and in 1914 broke the Utah high school high jump record at 6'2" and then won first place at the national scholastic meet in Chicago, Illinois. As a track athlete for Brigham Young University, Larson won first place in the high jump in several competitions, most notably the National Junior A.A.U. championship at the San Francisco World's Fai...
