Abel Beach
(1829-1899) Poet. Abel Beach was born in Groton, New York, and was a well-known poet.
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Hayden Carruth
(1921-2008) Poet. Hayden Carruth was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and died in Munnsville, 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.
Gerald E Murray
(1945-2008) Poet. G. E. Murray was the author of eight collections of poetry. He had lived in Buffalo, New York, and had a bachelor’s degree from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.
Ruth Lechlitner
(1901-1989) Poet. Ruth Lechlitner lived with her husband, Paul Corey in Cold Spring, New York.
David Foster Wallace
(1962-2008) Writer. David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York and died in Claremont, California.
Leonard B Meyer
(1918-2007) Scholar, writer. Leonard B. Meyer wrote book in the field of music.
Ellen Miller Donaldson
(1871-1949) Writer. Ellen Ione Miller Donaldson’s parents, from Gilbertsville, New York, moved to Avon, New York, where her father worked for the railroads and where Ellen, aka “Nellie”, was born. A few years after, the family moved to Isletta Pueblo, New Mexico, while her father was involved building the Santa Fe Railroad to Albuquerque. It … Continued
Eliot Asinof
(1919-2008) Writer. Eliot Asinof was best known for his book, “Eight Men Out,” a nonfiction narrative of the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
Margaret Leech
(1893-1974) Author, historian. Margaret Leech (aka Margaret Pulitzer) was born in Newburgh, New York, and died in New York City. She was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes in history, and a associate of many of the members of the Algonquin Hotel Round Table.