biography
| name: |
Edel, (Joseph) Leon
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pronunciation:
[edl]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1907–97)
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| biography:
| Biographer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He taught at New York University (1953–73), devoting his scholarly career to Henry James, writing a magisterial five-volume biography of James (1953–85), and publishing numerous editions of his letters and other writings. |
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