Charles Townsend Copeland

Charles Townsend Copeland (April 27, 1860 – July 24, 1952) was a professor, poet, and writer.

Charles Townsend Copeland
BornApril 27, 1860 
DiedJuly 24, 1952  (aged 92)
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He graduated from Harvard University and spent much of his time as a mentor at Harvard, where he served in several posts, including Boylston Professor of Rhetoric from 1925 to 1928.[1] He also worked as a part-time theater critic. Known as "Copey" by many of his peers and admirers, he became known for his Harvard poetry readings in the 1930s.[2][3] In her autobiography, The Story of My Life, Helen Keller paid high praise to Copeland as an instructor. He also taught at the Harvard Extension School.[4]

References
  1. "Charles Townsend Copeland". Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  2. "Birthday". Time. May 5, 1930. Charles Townsend Copeland, A.B. (his only earned degree), Harvard professor of English, bachelor, given to mustard suits, to scolding, to reading-aloud (Kipling, Dickens) to two generations of devoted undergraduates. He noted among his students John Reed, the famous journalist and author who dedicated his book "Insurgent Mexico" to Copey. Age: 70. Date: April 27. Said the New York Herald Tribune: "The men . . . knew that 'Copey' was one of the supreme teachers of their generation. ... How the man could teach!"
  3. "Copey Moves Out". Time. September 12, 1932. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
  4. Shinagel, Michael (2010), The Gates Unbarred: A History of University Extension at Harvard, 1910–2009, Harvard University Press, p. 52, ISBN 978-0674051355

Further reading
  • J. Donald Adams, Copey of Harvard: A Biography of Charles Townsend Copeland (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960).
  • Billy Altman, Laughter's Gentle Soul: The Life of Robert Benchley. (New York City: W. W. Norton, 1997. ISBN 0-393-03833-5).
  • Encyclopædia Britannica: Charles Townsend Copeland.


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