Odell Shepard (July 22, 1884 in Sterling, Illinois – July 19, 1967 in New London, Connecticut) was an American professor, poet, and politician who was the 86th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1941 to 1943.[1] He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1938.[2]
Odell Shepard | |
|---|---|
| 86th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut | |
| In office 1941–1943 | |
| Governor | Robert A. Hurley |
| Preceded by | James L. McConaughy |
| Succeeded by | William L. Hadden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 22, 1884 Sterling, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | July 19, 1967 (aged 82) New London, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Awards | |
Life
Shepard was born in Illinois. He graduated from Harvard University, and taught at the English department of Yale University. A professor of English at Trinity College from 1917 to 1946,[3] he was a mentor to Abbie Huston Evans.[4] He edited the works of Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Shepard wrote a biography of Bronson Alcott, the father of writer Louisa May Alcott and one of the foremost Transcendentalists: Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott, published by Little, Brown in 1937,[5] for which he won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.[2]
His papers are held at Trinity College.[3]
He died in 1967.
Awards
- 1938 Pulitzer Prize for his Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott, (Little, Brown and Company)[2]
- Golden Rose Award
Works
- A Lonely Flute. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1917. ISBN 9781437508536.
- The Harvest of a Quiet Eye: A Book of Digressions. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1927.
- Connecticut Past and Present. Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 1939.
- Shepard, Odell (1930). The Lore of the Unicorn. George Allen. ISBN 978-1-4375-0853-6. reprint 2008
- Shepard, Odell (1928). The Joys of Forgetting: A Book of Bagatelles. Ayer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8369-1429-0. reprint 1969
- Shepard, Odell (1930). Thy Rod and Thy Creel. Globe Pequot. ISBN 978-0-8329-0364-9. reissue 1984
Biography
- Shepard, Odell (1937). Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott. READ BOOKS. ISBN 978-1-4067-4410-1. reprint 2007
Coauthor
- Willard Shepard (1946). Holdfast Gaines. The Macmillan Company. Willard Shepard was the son of Odell Shepard.
- Willard Shepard (1951). Jenkins' Ear: A Narrative Attributed to Horace Walpole, Esq. Macmillan. Historical fiction about the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Edited
- Henry David Thoreau (1921). A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Scribner's.
- Essays of 1925. E.V. Mitchell. 1926.
- Essays of Today 1926–1927. Century Company. 1928.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1934). Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Representative Selections. American Book Company.
References
External links
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