James Thorpe (born August 17, 1915, in Aiken, South Carolina, died January 4, 2009, in Bloomfield, Connecticut)[1] was the director of the Huntington Library, and a professor of English at Princeton University. He was the author of a biography of the library namesake, Henry Edwards Huntington.[2]
He was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1949 and 1965. In 1976, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3] He was later elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1982.[4]
He received a BA from The Citadel and a PhD from Harvard University.[5]
References
edit- ^ Thurber, Jon (January 16, 2009). "James Thorpe dies at 93; former director of the Huntington Library put it on the map". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
- ^ Henry Edwards Huntington: A Biography. University of California Press. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
- ^ "James Thorpe". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ "Thorpe, former Huntington Library director, dies". 17 January 2009.
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