Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939
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Name (Latin)
Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939
Date of birth
1875-05-17
Date of death
1939-07-26
Place of birth
New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity
Civil rights
Criticism
Teaching
Associate group
Columbia College
Columbia University
Columbia University (1899 - 1899)
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Harcourt, Brace and Company (1919)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1913 - 1913)
Occupation
Civil rights workers
Critics
Teachers
Educators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- English Wikipedia website, viewed Sept. 6, 2012(Joel Elias Spingarn (May 17, 1875--July 26, 1939) was an American educator, literary critic, and civil rights activist; born in New York City; grad. Columbia College in 1895; was professor of comparative literature at Columbia University from 1899 to 1911; In 1919 he was a co-founder of the publishing firm of Harcourt, Brace and Company; served as chairman of the NAACP's board from 1913 to 1919 and was active in other capacities until his death in 1939)
- The Spingarn Brothers, 2023:page viii (Joel Elias Spingarn)
- Author's Journal of comparative literature, 1903-