Chauncey Brewster Tinker

Chauncey Brewster Tinker (October 22, 1876 – March 10, 1963) was a scholar of English Literature and Sterling Professor at Yale University.

Early life Tinker was born on October 22, 1876, in Auburn, Maine to Anson Phelps Tinker, a Yale graduate and minister, and Martha White.

As a faculty member, Tinker was known as an opponent of New Criticism.

In Possessed by Memory (2019) Harold Bloom describes Tinker as “a scholar noted for the appearance of stigmata upon him during Passion Week.”

Death Tinker died on March 10, 1963, and is buried at Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut.