| LC control no. | n 50019817 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3531.O76427 |
| Personal name heading | Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930 |
| Birth date | 1869-04-19 |
| Death date | 1930-06-23 |
| Place of birth | Romines Mills (W. Va.) |
| Place of death | Harrison County (W. Va.) |
| Affiliation | West Virginia University |
| Profession or occupation | Authors |
| Found in | His Dwellers in the hills, 1901. The strange schemes of Randolph Mason, 1976: t.p. (Melville Davisson Post) Uncle Abner, 2015: CIP t.p. (Melville Davisson Post) introd. ("Melville Davisson Post was born in Romines Mills in the newly minted state of West Virginia on April 16, 1869, and was raised in a home called Templemoor Mansion . . . . Of fortuitous birth as the son of land-owning gentry, he had opportunities in the newly formed state. Post graduated with a law degree from West Virginia University in 1892 and later that same year was selected for the Electoral College as the youngest member to ever serve in that august body. Rapidly bored with politics, however, Post returned to practicing law at a Wheeling firm. It was here that the young lawyer began cutting his teeth in the trade in which he was to become famous-not law, but drawing on his knowledge of it and human nature, he became a writer") Gale Biography in context, 2015-02-03 search of LC's EROC: Contemporary Authors Online, 2002, Updated: September 12, 2002 (Post, Melville Davisson; Born: April 19, 1869 in Romines Mills, West Virginia, United States, Died: June 23, 1930) Dictionary of American Biography, 1936 (Post, Melville Davisson; Born: April 19, 1869 . . . Died: June 23, 1930) Wikipedia web site, April 9, 2020: (Melville Davisson Post (April 19, 1869 - June 23, 1930) was an American author, born in Harrison County, West Virginia ; Post earned a law degree from West Virginia University in 1892 ; died on June 23, 1930, after falling from his horse at age 61) West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 via Ancestry.com, April 9, 2020: (Melville Davisson Post ; b. 19 Apr 1871, West Virginia ; d. 23 Jun 1930, Harrison Co., West Virginia) |
| Associated language | eng |
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