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Aiken native who led Huntington Library to prominence dies (The State) |
An Aiken native who guided the Huntington Library to national prominence has died at the age of 93. James Thorpe was born in Aiken on Aug. 17, 1915, and went on to become a scholar of English literature, a Princeton University professor and director of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens of San Marino, Calif. He is the author of “Principles of Textual Criticism,” “John …
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