James Thorpe (academic)

James Thorpe (born August 17, 1915, in Aiken, South Carolina, died January 4, 2009, in Bloomfield, Connecticut)[1] He had been 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.

references

  1. ^ Thurber, Jon (January 16, 2009). "James Thorpe dies at 93; former director of the Huntington Library put it on the map". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/16/local/me-thorpe16. Retrieved June 27, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Henry Edwards Huntington: A Biography". University of California Press. http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520082540. Retrieved June 27, 2010.