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Damon, S. Foster (Samuel Foster), 1893-1971

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115449

Variants

Damon, Samuel Foster, 1893-1971

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n79115449

Identifies RWO

Birth Date
Death Date
Birth Place
Field of Activity
Blake, William, 1757-1827

Occupation
College teachers
Poets

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Damon, S Foster (Samuel Foster), 1893-1971
S. Foster Damon Label from public data source Wikidata

Earlier Established Forms

Damon, Samuel Foster, 1893-1971

Sources

found: His Eight more Harvard poets, 1923.

found: Wikipedia, 3 June 2020(S. Foster Damon; Samuel Foster Damon; b. 12 Feb. 1893 in Newton, MA; d. 25 Dec. 1971; American critic, poet, William Blake specialist; graduated from Harvard University; taught in the English Department at Harvard University and later at Brown University; published some poetry under the pseudonym Samuel Nomad)

found: New York Times, 28 Dec. 1971, accessed online 3 June 2020S. Foster Damon, Expert on Blake (byline: Providence, R.I., Dec. 27; S. Foster Damon; d. yesterday in Waterman Heights Nursing Home, Smithfield aged 78; b. in Newton, MA; professor emeritus of English at Brown University; author of several books on William Blake; also wrote biographies of Amy Lowell and Thomas Holley Chivers, as well as The History of Square Dancing)

LC Classification

PS3507.A525

Instance Of

Scheme Membership(s)

Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

Change Notes

1980-05-27: new
2020-06-04: revised

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