James Thorpe (born August 17, 1915, in Aiken, South Carolina, died January 4, 2009, in Bloomfield, Connecticut) 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.
He was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1949 and 1965. In 1976, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was later elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1982.
He received a BA from The Citadel and a PhD from Harvard University.
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 2022-06-06.
- "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- "Thorpe, former Huntington Library director, dies". 17 January 2009.
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