William Wistar Comfort
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William Wistar Comfort, at Haverford College, 1918
William Wistar Comfort (1874 – December 24, 1955) was president of Haverford College.
Life
He was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania and raised a Quaker. He graduated from Haverford College in 1894 and from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in 1902. His thesis was titled: “The Development of the Character Types in the French Chansons de Geste.”[1] He was a polymath, and translated The Quest of the Holy Grail, wrote on Arthurian Romances among such topics as Quakerism, children's literature, and the poet William Cowper.[1]
His papers are held at Haverford College.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "William Wistar Comfort Papers 1867-1941". Haverford College. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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