Stanley Burnshaw
(1906-2005) Poet, editor, critic. Stanley Burnshaw was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1906.
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Amelia Josephine Burr
(1878-1968) Poet, novelist. Amelia Josephine Burr was born in New York City and graduated from Hunter College in Manhattan, New York.
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.
John Booth
(1919-2008) Author. John Booth was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He was the author of theater books.
Mary Barnard
(1909-2001) Poet. Mary Barnard was born in Vancouver, Washington. She was curator of The Poetry Collection at the Lockwood Memorial Library at the University of Buffalo, New York. She also won two Yaddo residencies near Saratoga Springs, New York.
Abel Beach
(1829-1899) Poet. Abel Beach was born in Groton, New York, and was a well-known poet.
Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin
(1913-1995) Poet. Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin was a poet best known for his “eye” poems. He was founder of the Poetry Society of Tennessee and was named “Poet Laureate of the River” in 1976 at the Mid-South Festival. He also ran an art gallery for many years in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York.
Julian Beck
(1925-1985) Poet. Julian Beck was born in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York. He published several volumes of poetry and two nonfiction books.
Mary Ritter Beard
(1876-1958) Historian. Mary Ritter Beard was the wife of Charles Austin Beard. She was interred in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
Matthew J Bruccoli
(1931-2008) Writer. Matthew J. Bruccoli authored more than fifty books, many of which were biographies of F. Scott Fitzgerald and other authors.