James Thorpe (academic)

James Thorpe
Born	(1915-08-17)August 17, 1915 Aiken, South Carolina
Died	January 4, 2009
Alma mater	The Citadel (BA, 1936) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MA, 1937) Harvard University (PhD, 1941)
Employer	Princeton University

James Thorpe (born August 17, 1915, in Aiken, South Carolina, died January 4, 2009, in Bloomfield, Connecticut) ^[1] was the director of the Huntington Library, and a professor of English at Princeton University. He was the author of a biography of the library namesake, Henry Edwards Huntington. ^[2]

Thorpe served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1941 to 1946, participating in World War II. He earned the rank of colonel and a Bronze Star Medal.

He was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1949 and 1965. In 1976, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. ^[3] He was later elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1982. ^[4]

He received a BA from The Citadel, an MA from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a PhD from Harvard University. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Thurber, Jon (January 16, 2009). "James Thorpe dies at 93; former director of the Huntington Library put it on the map". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
2. Henry Edwards Huntington: A Biography. University of California Press. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
3. "James Thorpe". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
4. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
5. "Thorpe, former Huntington Library director, dies". 17 January 2009.
6. "James E. Thorpe '36 – The Citadel Alumni Association" . Retrieved 2025-02-09.