William R. Ferris
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1942 –
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Who is William R. Ferris?
William Reynolds Ferris is an American author and scholar and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. With Judy Peiser he co-founded the Center for Southern Folklore in Memphis, Tennessee; he was the founding director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, and is co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
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- Born
- Feb 5, 1942
Vicksburg - Also known as
- William Ferris
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Northwestern University
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Folklore
( - 1969) - Davidson College
- Brooks School
- Employment
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Yale University
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on July 23, 2013
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