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Jack Randall Crawford

1878 – 1968

College professor, writer (1878–1968)

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About Jack Randall Crawford

Lived 1878 – 1968 (aged 89–90). Jack Randall Crawford was an American novelist, playwright, literary critic, university teacher and journalist.

Jack Randall Crawford (April 1, 1878 in Washington, DC –1968) was an author of novels (many unpublished), plays, and literary criticism and a professor of English at Yale University; he is perhaps best known for his 1922 autobiographical novel I Walked in Arden and his 1928 nonfiction What to Read in English Literature.

Biography Crawford received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1901. He became an instructor in English at Yale University and also Director of Dramatics at Dartmouth College. He was a professor of English at Yale University from 1909 to 1946 and then professor emeritus from 1946 until his death in 1968. In addition to his novels, plays, and literary criticism, he wrote an autobiography and edited several of Shakespeare's plays for Yale University Press.

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Born
1878
Birth century
Died
1968
Nationality
Education
Princeton University
Employers
Yale University, Dartmouth College
Awards
John Addison Porter Prize
Also known as
Jack R. Crawford

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Who was Jack Randall Crawford?

college professor, writer (1878–1968) (1878-1968)

When was Jack Randall Crawford born?

Jack Randall Crawford was born in 1878.

When did Jack Randall Crawford die?

Jack Randall Crawford died in 1968.

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Jack Randall Crawford was a novelist, playwright, literary critic, university teacher and journalist.

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Jack Randall Crawford was American.

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· Wikipedia: Jack Randall Crawford

· Wikidata: Q19560296

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