About Joel Myerson
Lived 1945 – 2021 (aged 76). Joel Myerson was an American academic.
Joel Myerson (September 9, 1945 - November 19, 2021) was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature at the University of South Carolina. He edited many books about the works of such American literary figures as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman.
He served as President of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society and the Thoreau Society, and as the founding President of the Louisa May Alcott Society.
Education Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1971
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American academic
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Joel Myerson was born on 9 September 1945.
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Joel Myerson died on 19 November 2021.
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Joel Myerson was an academic.
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