James Thorpe (academic)
James Thorpe | |
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| Born | August 17, 1915 |
| Died | January 4, 2009 |
| Alma mater | The Citadel (BA, 1936) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MA, 1937) Harvard University (PhD, 1941) |
| Employer | Princeton University |
James Thorpe (born August 17, 1915, in Aiken, South Carolina, died January 4, 2009, in Bloomfield, Connecticut)[1] was the director of the Huntington Library, and a professor of English at Princeton University. He was the author of a biography of the library namesake, Henry Edwards Huntington.[2]
Thorpe served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1941 to 1946, participating in World War II. He earned the rank of colonel and a Bronze Star Medal.
He was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1949 and 1965. In 1976, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3] He was later elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1982.[4]
He received a BA from The Citadel, an MA from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a PhD from Harvard University.[5][6]
References
- ^ Thurber, Jon (January 16, 2009). "James Thorpe dies at 93; former director of the Huntington Library put it on the map". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
- ^ Henry Edwards Huntington: A Biography. University of California Press. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
- ^ "James Thorpe". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "Thorpe, former Huntington Library director, dies". January 17, 2009.
- ^ "James E. Thorpe '36 – The Citadel Alumni Association". Retrieved February 9, 2025.