biography
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Van Doren, Carl (Clinton)
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| lived:
| (1885–1950)
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| biography:
| Writer and critic, born in Hope, Illinois, USA, the brother of Mark Van Doren. He studied at the University of Illinois (1907 BA) and Columbia University (1911 PhD). He taught at the University of Illinois (1907–8), and Columbia (1911–30), and was headmaster of the Brearley School (New York City) (1916–19). Editor of the Nation (1919–22), Century (1922–5), and the Library Guild (1926–34), he wrote for many prestigious periodicals and reference works. He wrote poetry when young, but is best known for his translations, literary criticism, and distinguished biographies, such as Swift (1930) and Benjamin Franklin (1938, Pulitzer). He lived in New York City. |
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