Richard McGee Morse
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Richard "Dick" McGee Morse, Ph.D. (26 June 1922 – 17 April 2001) was a Latin-American scholar and professor at Princeton University.
Morse was born in Summit, New Jersey, USA, but moved with his family at a young age to Greenwich, Connecticut. In 1939, Morse attended Princeton University where he studied literature with Allan Tate and R. P. Blackmur. As a student, Morse studied in Cuba, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil, and wrote his graduate magna cum laude with a major in the School of Public and International Affairs.
Following World War II, Morse continued his academic and literary career, becoming an expert in Latin-American studies. He married Emerante de Pradine, a Haitian singer, and had one child, Richard Andrew Morse, who currently resides in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Morse died on April 17, 2001, at his home in Pétionville, Haiti.
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