Mason Cooley
American academic
About Mason Cooley
Lived 1927 – 2002 (aged 74–75). Mason Cooley was an aphorist.
Mason Cooley (1927 – July 25, 2002) was an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of the aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."
He was professor emeritus of French, speech and world literature at the College of Staten Island. He was also an assistant professor of English at Columbia University from 1959 to 1967 and an adjunct professor from 1980 to 1988.
He received his B.A. from San Diego State University and his Ph.D. from Oxford.
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American academic
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Mason Cooley was born in 1927.
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Mason Cooley died on 25 July 2002.
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Mason Cooley was an aphorist.
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