Walter Clyde Curry (1887 - October 2, 1967) was an American academic, medievalist, and poet. He was a member of the Fugitives and the author of four books.

Early life

Walter Clyde Curry was born in 1887 in Gray Court, South Carolina. He graduated from Wofford College, and he earned a master's degree and PhD from Stanford University.

Walter Clyde Curry

Career

Curry joined the English department at Vanderbilt University in 1915. A poet, he became a member of the Fugitives under the penname of Marpha in the 1920s. He taught at Peabody College from 1930 to 1941. He was the chair of the English department at Vanderbilt University from 1941 to 1955. On his retirements, his former students, including Cleanth Brooks, published a volume of essays about Curry's scholarship.

Walter Clyde Curry

Curry was a medievalist, and a member of the Medieval Academy of America. He was also a member of the Modern Language Association.

Walter Clyde Curry

Personal life and death

Curry married Kathryn Worth in 1927. They had a daughter, who married Joseph Rainey. He died on October 2, 1967, in Nashville, at the age of 80.

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1887 births

1967 deaths

People from Gray Court, South Carolina

People from Nashville, Tennessee

Wofford College alumni

Stanford University alumni

Vanderbilt University faculty

American medievalists

Poets from Tennessee

American male poets

19th-century American poets

20th-century American poets

20th-century American male writers

20th-century American non-fiction writers

American male non-fiction writers