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John Crowe Ransom

American educator and scholar
John Crowe Ransom was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor. He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism. As a faculty member at Kenyon College, he was the first editor of... Wikipedia
Born: April 30, 1888, Pulaski, TN
Died: July 3, 1974 (age 86 years), Gambier, OH
Known for: New Criticism school of literary criticism
Education: Christ Church (1910–1913), Vanderbilt University (1909), and University of Oxford