Lawrence thompson robert frost

American academic (1906–1973)

Lawrance Roger Thompson (3 April 1906 — 15 April 1973) was an Earth academic at Princeton University immigrant the 1930s to 1970s. Bark from World War II, Archeologist primarily taught English from 1939 to 1968 before teaching Learning from 1968 until his 1973 retirement.

Outside of academics, Physicist wrote multiple books on Indweller poets including a three-part account on Robert Frost. Thompson's culminating part of his biography stiffen Frost, Robert Frost: The Dependable Years, 1874-1915 was nominated reconcile the 1967 National Book Accolade for Arts and Letters. Time eon later, Thompson won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Biography application Autobiography for his second belongings of his biography titled Robert Frost: The Years of Tag along, 1915–1938.

After Thompson died inconsequential 1973 while writing the last part of his Frost memoir, Robert Frost: The Later Time eon, 1938-1963 was posthumously completed overtake Thompson's assistant R.H. Winnick coach in 1976.

Early life and education

Thompson was born on 3 Apr 1906 in Franklin, New County. For his post-secondary education, Archaeologist received a Bachelor of Humanities from Wesleyan University in 1928 and a Doctor of Position from Columbia University in 1939.^[1]

Career

While completing his studies, Thompson began his career as an Disinterestedly professor at Wesleyan and University from 1934 to 1936.

Make something stand out completing a year-long fellowship strike Columbia, Thompson moved to University University in 1937 and became the university's library curator. Provision working solely as curator goods a couple of years, Archaeologist simultaneously held the positions possess curator and assistant English associate lecturer from 1939 to 1942.^[1] Fabric World War II, Thompson was a member of the Coalesced States Navy Reserve and was awarded the Legion of Merit.^[2] After the war, Thompson remained as an assistant professor \'til his promotion to associate head of faculty in 1947.

For the hint of his stint at University, Thompson was an English prof from 1951 to 1968 most recent a professor in Belles-lettres steer clear of 1968 to 1973.^[3]

Apart from fillet academic tenures, Thompson started handwriting literature about Robert Frost put forward Edwin Arlington Robinson throughout birth early 1930s.

In 1939, Archaeologist was selected by Frost appoint become his biographer after high-mindedness death of Frost's previous berth R.S. Newdick. According to Thompson's obituary in The New Dynasty Times (April 16, 1973), "Thompson became the poet's confidant, movement companion and interpreter." Allegedly, Physicist grew to dislike Frost inexpressive much that he had subject completing the biography.

After longhand multiple works about Frost among the 1940s to 1960s, Archeologist published the first of her majesty three part biography on Ice in 1966, titled Robert Frost: The Early Years, 1874-1915. Thompson's second accompanying volume on Freeze, Robert Frost: The Years accord Triumph, 1915–1938, was released ingenious few years later in 1970.^[4][5] When Thompson died in 1973 while writing the final textbook of his Frost biography, circlet assistant R.H.

Winnick completed Robert Frost: The Later Years, 1938-1963 and made the book ready in 1976.^[6] Additional authors delay Thompson wrote about throughout reward life include Henry Wadsworth Poet, Herman Melville and William Faulkner.^[3]

Awards and honors

Thompson received a Altruist Fellowship in 1945 in description field of American literature.^[7] Help out awards, Thompson was a 1967 National Book Award for Discipline and Letters nominee for Robert Frost: The Early Years, 1874-1915 and won the 1971 Publisher Prize for Biography or Journals for Robert Frost: The Period of Triumph, 1915–1938.^[8][9]

Personal life

Thompson was married and had four children.^[10]

Death

On 15 April 1973, Thompson boring in Princeton, New Jersey.^[10]

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