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Walter Jackson Bate was an American literary critic, biographer, journalist, and historian. He was born in Mankato in 1918 and died in Boston in 1999. Bate was educated at and employed by Harvard University, where he spoke English. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
His notable works include *Burden of the Past and the English Poet*, *Coleridge*, *From classic to romantic*, and *Negative capability*. Bate received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, the National Book Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was also recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the National Book Award collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918
- Died
- 1999
- Works
- 31
Top works
- Burden of the Past and the English Poet (The Norton library) by Walter Jackson Bate (1972-06-01)
- Coleridge
- Coleridge
- From classic to romantic
- Negative capability
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mankato
- Place of death
- Boston
- Occupation
- historian
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of death
- 1999-07-26
- date of birth
- 1918-05-23
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
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