Olson, Elder, 1909-1992
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Name (Latin)
Olson, Elder, 1909-1992
Other forms of name
Olson, Elder James, 1909-1992
Olson, Elder, 1909-
Date of birth
1909-03-09
Date of death
1992-07-25
Field of activity
Criticism
Drama
Education, Higher
Poetry
Occupation
Poets
College teachers
Critics
Dramatists
English teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Guide to the Elder Olson papers, University of Chicago Library, via WWW, November 20, 2014(Elder Olson, poet, literary critic, teacher; born in 1909 in Chicago, Illinois; studied at the University, where he received his B.A. (1934), M.A. (1935), and Ph.D. (1938); he became Assistant Professor of English at the University of Chicago in 1942, Professor in 1955, and Distinguished Service Professor in 1973; died on July 25, 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico)
- Olson's penny arcade, ©1975:title page (Elder Olson) rear dust jacket flap (native of Chicago, where he taught since 1942; published several volumes of verse and numerous works of literary criticism)
- Plays & poems, 1948-58, ©1958:title page (Elder Olson) front dust jacket flap (well-known poet and critic; playwright)
- His Thing of sorrow, 1934.
- Battersby, J. L. Elder Olson, an annotated bibliography, 1982:CIP t.p. (Elder Olson) p. 1 (Elder James Olson)
- Social security death index, Feb. 4, 2005(Elder J. Olson; b. Mar. 9, 1909; d. July 25, 1992)