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Francis Otto Matthiessen (February 19, 1902 – April 1, 1950) was an educator, scholar, and literary critic, influential in the fields of American literature and American studies. [1] His best known work, American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman , celebrated the achievements of several 19th-century American ...
Augustus Matthiessen (1831–1870), British physicist and chemist, notable for Matthiessen's rule; C. M. I. M. Matthiessen (born 1956), Swedish linguist; Francis Otto Matthiessen (1902–1950), U.S. literary critic; Frederick William Matthiessen (1835–1918), Industrialist, philanthropist, and former Mayor of LaSalle, Illinois
Helen Bayne Knapp, F. O. Matthiessen and Cheney at his garden, 1925 The youngest of eleven children, Cheney was born in Manchester, Connecticut , to Knight Dexter Cheney and Ednah Dow Cheney. [ 1 ] He graduated from Yale University in 1904, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society. [ 2 ]
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F. W. Matthiessen (1835-1918) Born in Altona, Denmark, Descendant of Matthias Petersen ... Otto Waalkes, German comedian, actor and musician, born in Emden;
A large number of authors choose to use some form of initials in their name when it appears in their literary work. This includes some of the most famous authors of the 20th century – D. H. Lawrence, J. D. Salinger, T. S. Eliot, J. R. R. Tolkien, etc. – and also a host of lesser-known writers.
4 "The James Family" by F.O. Matthiessen was Published by Knopf in 1961. 1 comment. 5 Source of Funding for the Harvard Professorship. 2 comments. 6 External links ...
According to an 1811 family chronicle, American author and naturalist Peter Matthiessen (1927–2014) was also a descendant of Matthias Petersen. Petersen's son Jung-Ocke (also known as Otto, 1679–1764) was his ancestor. In the late 1980s, Peter Matthiessen visited Föhr island and mentioned the voyage in an autobiographical essay. [4]