George Lyman Kittredge Biography

George Lyman Kittredge biography

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NAME: George Lyman Kittredge
OCCUPATION: Educator, Author
BIRTH DATE: February 28, 1860
DEATH DATE: July 23, 1941
EDUCATION: Harvard University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Boston, Massachusetts
PLACE OF DEATH: Barnstable, Massachusetts

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American scholar George Lyman Kittredge taught English at Harvard University from 1888 to 1936. He wrote books about Chaucer and Shakespeare.

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American literary scholar and educator George Lyman Kittredge was born in 1860 in Boston. He graduated from Harvard in 1882 and taught Latin at Phillips Exeter Academy for a few years before returning to Harvard in 1888 to teach until his retirement. He wrote about Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Sir Thomas Malory. He established himself as an expert on English literature.