Salomon De La Selva
(1893-1959) Poet. Salomon De La Selva attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
County: Tompkins
Michael Baxandall
(1933-2008) Historian. Michael David Kighley Baxandall was born in Cardiff, Wales, and died in London, England. He was a professor at large from 1982 to 1988 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Abel Beach
(1829-1899) Poet. Abel Beach was born in Groton, New York, and was a well-known poet.
David Foster Wallace
(1962-2008) Writer. David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York and died in Claremont, California.
James Welch
(1940-2003) Novelist. James Welch was a visiting professor in the department of English at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in the springs of 1985 and 1990.
Kenneth Lewis Roberts
(1885-1957) Novelist. Kenneth Lewis Roberts was a graduate of Cornell University, earning his B.A. degree in 1908.
George P Elliott
(1918-1980) Novelist. George P. Elliott was born in Knightstown, Indiana and died in New York City. Elliott taught at several colleges including Cornell University, the University of Iowa, The University of California at Berkeley, Barnard College, and Syracuse University. He wrote four novels and several collections of shorts stories, poems, and essays.
Deborah Tall
DEBORAH TALL (????-2006) Writer, poet. Deborah Tall was born in Washington, DC. She began teaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York in 1982, and had lived in Ithaca, New York since 1990. Ms. Tall died in 2006. Her work includes “Summons” (2000), “The Island of the White Cow” (1987), “From Where … Continued
David Starr Jordan
(1851-1931) Poet, botanist, peace activist. “Blood of the Nation,” was born near Gainesville, New York.
Jeannette Edwards Rattray
(1893-1974) Historian of Long Island, writer. Author of “East Hampton History” (1953). “Fifty Years of the Maidstone Club,” and “Trapeze Song.”