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E. Merrill Root
E. Merrill Root (1895-1973) was an American educator, poet and writer.
Born Edwin Merrill Root in Baltimore, Maryland on January 4, 1895, the son of a Congregationalist Church min...visualizza altroE. Merrill Root (1895-1973) was an American educator, poet and writer.
Born Edwin Merrill Root in Baltimore, Maryland on January 4, 1895, the son of a Congregationalist Church minister, he grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from the Classical High School in Providence and from Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he studied under Stark Young, Robert Frost, and George F. Whicher. He then pursued graduate studies at the University of Missouri and Andover Theological Seminary. In 1920 he began working at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, one of the foremost Quaker colleges, where he was made full professor of English in 1930.
E. Merrill Root wrote six volumes of poetry and three prose books. The Way of All Spirit, Frank Harris: A Biography, and Collectivism on the Campus. His articles, reviews, and poems have appeared widely. He was also one of the founders and original contributors to National Review.
E. Merrill Root died in Kennebunkport on the Atlantic coast of Maine on October 26, 1973, aged 78.visualizza meno
Libri di E. Merrill Root
Brainwashing in the High Schools: An Examination of Eleven American History Textbooks