Son of Robert Woodham Daniel and Nannie C. Gailor. [He is buried in the Gailor plot of the cemetery.] He graduated from University of the South in 1935, and earned his Ph.D. from Yale. He married his first wife, Mary Dabney Ware Smith, on 21 August 1940, and they were parents of two children. She also had a son from her first marriage.
He was an English professor, and taught at Yale, Harvard, University of Oklahoma, University of Tennessee, and Kenyon College.
His writings include:
A contemporary rhetoric (1967)
The written word (1960)
A catalogue of the writings of William Faulkner (1942)
Tennessee eclogues : a garland of seven poems (1939)
After the invasion (1941)
Jeffrey and Wordsworth (1942)
A prize for expository writing at The University of the South is named for him.
He was an English professor, and taught at Yale, Harvard, University of Oklahoma, University of Tennessee, and Kenyon College.
His writings include:
A contemporary rhetoric (1967)
The written word (1960)
A catalogue of the writings of William Faulkner (1942)
Tennessee eclogues : a garland of seven poems (1939)
After the invasion (1941)
Jeffrey and Wordsworth (1942)
A prize for expository writing at The University of the South is named for him.
Son of Robert Woodham Daniel and Nannie C. Gailor. [He is buried in the Gailor plot of the cemetery.] He graduated from University of the South in 1935, and earned his Ph.D. from Yale. He married his first wife, Mary Dabney Ware Smith, on 21 August 1940, and they were parents of two children. She also had a son from her first marriage.
He was an English professor, and taught at Yale, Harvard, University of Oklahoma, University of Tennessee, and Kenyon College.
His writings include:
A contemporary rhetoric (1967)
The written word (1960)
A catalogue of the writings of William Faulkner (1942)
Tennessee eclogues : a garland of seven poems (1939)
After the invasion (1941)
Jeffrey and Wordsworth (1942)
A prize for expository writing at The University of the South is named for him.
He was an English professor, and taught at Yale, Harvard, University of Oklahoma, University of Tennessee, and Kenyon College.
His writings include:
A contemporary rhetoric (1967)
The written word (1960)
A catalogue of the writings of William Faulkner (1942)
Tennessee eclogues : a garland of seven poems (1939)
After the invasion (1941)
Jeffrey and Wordsworth (1942)
A prize for expository writing at The University of the South is named for him.
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