Henry Nash Smith

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1906 – 1986

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Who was Henry Nash Smith?

Henry Nash Smith was a scholar of American culture and literature. He was co-founder of the academic discipline "American studies". He was also a noted Mark Twain scholar, and the curator of the Mark Twain Papers.

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Born
Sep 29, 1906
Dallas
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • PhD, Harvard University
    American studies
    ( - 1940)
  • Southern Methodist University
Lived in
  • Berkeley
    (1953 - 1986/06/06)
Died
Jun 6, 1986
Nevada

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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