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Magoun, Francis Peabody, 1895-1979.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Francis P. Magoun research materials on the Historia de preliis Alexandri Magni

Collection Identifier: UAY 10
Overview: Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr. (1895-1979), American philologist born in New York City, was a professor of Comparative Literature and English at Harvard University from 1937 to 1961. In the early 1930s, Magoun and German professor Alfons Hilka collaborated on a project to publish an edition of three interpolated versions of the Medieval-Latin Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni based on all known manuscripts containing the texts. This collection contains Photostats...

Letters from Francis P. Magoun, Jr. to Rudolf Hertz

Collection Identifier: HUM 331
Overview: The collection contains correspondence from Francis P. Magoun, Jr. to his friend Professor Rudolf Hertz from 1946-1953. Most of the letters discuss personal and family matters, while some letters include Magoun’s comments on the political volatility that existed during the Cold War in the 1950s, particularly the Cold War with the Soviet Union and United States involvement in the Korean War. Little in these letters chronicle Magoun’s teaching at Harvard University. Francis Peabody Magoun,...