Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982
Other forms of name
Barr, Frank Stringfellow, 1897-1982
Barr, Winkie, 1897-1982
Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-
Barr, Frank Stringfellow, 1897-
Date of birth
1897-01-15
Date of death
1982-02-03
Associated country
United States
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 91246664
Wikidata: Q7624015
Library of congress: n 50020413
Sources of Information
  • Contemporary authors online, 2003, viewed Feb. 25, 2009(Stringfellow Barr; born Jan. 15, 1897, in Suffolk, VA; died of pneumonia, Feb. 3, 1982, in Alexandria, VA)
  • Letter to Staige Blackford, Jan. 19, 1953:(signed "Winkie" on paper headed "Stringfellow Barr")
  • His Three fables, 1932.
  • NUCMC data from Univ. Virginia Lib. for Wilson, J.S. Papers, 1921-1976(Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982)

Wikipedia description:

Stringfellow Barr (January 15, 1897 – February 2, 1982) was an American historian, author, and former president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where he, together with Scott Buchanan, instituted the Great Books curriculum.

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