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Williams, Jesse Lynch, 1871-1929

LC control no.n 50018055
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3545.I5285
Personal name headingWilliams, Jesse Lynch, 1871-1929
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Birth date1871-08-17
Death date1929-09-14
Place of birthSterling (Ill.)
Place of deathNew York (State)
AffiliationPrinceton University
Profession or occupationAuthors Dramatists
Found inWikipedia web site, April 10, 2020: (Jesse Lynch Williams (August 17, 1871-September 14, 1929) was an American author and dramatist. Born in Sterling, Illinois on August 17, 1871 ; Williams studied at Beloit Academy. He began his literary career in college. He won the Nassau Literary Magazine short story contest in his junior year. He received his Bachelor's degree in 1892. As a graduate student at Princeton University, he wrote Princeton Stories (1895) which often featured the daily life of an undergraduate football player. He graduated from Princeton with a Master's degree in 1895. Williams died of a heart attack on September 14, 1929 at the home of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Douglas Robinson in Jordanville, New York or Herkimer, New York)
Associated languageeng