About John McCormick
Lived 1918 – 2010 (aged 91). John McCormick was an American philologist.
John Owen McCormick (September 20, 1918 - April 1, 2010) was an American literary scholar and Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at Rutgers University where he taught for 28 years. On his retirement McCormick was appointed honorary Professor Emeritus by the University of York.
He was a 1988 finalist of Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book George Santayana: A Biography.
Books
George Santayana: A Biography (1987)
Catastrophe & Imagination (1957)
The Middle Distance: A Comparative History of American and European Literature, 1919-32 (1971)
Fiction and Knowledge (1975)
Seagoing (2000)
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Who was John McCormick?
English philologist
When was John McCormick born?
John McCormick was born on 20 September 1918.
When did John McCormick die?
John McCormick died on 1 April 2010.
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John McCormick was a philologist.
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John McCormick was American.
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