About Walter J. Kaiser
Lived 1931 – 2016 (aged 84–85). Walter J. Kaiser was an academic, drummer and musician.
Walter Jacob Kaiser (May 31, 1931 – January 5, 2016) was an American academic.
He was the Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus at Harvard University.
From 1988 to 2002, he was the director of Villa I Tatti. They had two children, Miranda and David Kaiser.
He earned a BA and PhD from Harvard University.
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Who was Walter J. Kaiser?
American academic (1931–2016)
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Walter J. Kaiser was born in 1931.
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Walter J. Kaiser died on 5 January 2016.
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Walter J. Kaiser was an academic, drummer and musician.
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